stagnantadj.

Brit.

/ˈstaɡnənt/, U.S.

/ˈstæɡnənt/

Etymology: < Latin stagnant-em present participle of stagnāre : see stagnate v. Compare French stagnant (1611 Cotgrave), Italian stagnante.

†1. Of a fluid: That is at rest in a vessel. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [adjective] > in a vessel

stagnant1666

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 32 A parcel of Stagnant Quicksilver.

1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (ed. 2) v. 101 The Orifice of that shorter Leg of such a Tube, must always be at least as far below the Surface of the stagnant Fluid, as that Height amounts to.

1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 206 The Needle so touch'd, being laid gently on the Surface of a stagnant Water, floated.

a. Not flowing or running, of water, air, (the ice of) a glacier or ice sheet, etc.; without motion or current, as a pool. Often involving unwholesomeness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [adjective]

stillOE

standingOE

settled1600

commorant1610

restagnant1651

stagnant1669

stagnated1703

stagnate1706

the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [adjective]

pourryc1450

deada1552

stagnant1669

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > stagnant

stagnant1773

uncirculated1880

the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > stagnant

stagnant1902

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 326 Oaken vessels..if the water..were stagnant, could not move thereon half so well.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 82 Alligators..remain here till the Water drains off from the Land; and then confine themselves to the Stagnant Ponds.

1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. xii. 723 All but Tupia fell a sacrifice to the unwholesome, stagnant, putrid air of the country.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. i. 4 The stagnant well.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 308 Experience teaches that in a small level the air and powder-smoke lie stagnant.

1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 100 A stagnant and impure atmosphere and other such things were observed to influence their progress.

1902 Geol. Surv. New Jersey V. iii. 86 Such isolated bodies of ice doubtless preserved their motion..for a time. But when they became small, or when the local topography was unfavorable to motion, they became stagnant, and all the drift they held was let down on the surface as the ice melted.

1949 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 247 291 The lower 9 miles of this glacier are stagnant, but the upper part and most of the tributary ice streams are active; some receding and some advancing.

1973 R. J. Price Glacial & Fluvioglacial Landforms viii. 206 Examples of downwasting, stagnant valley glaciers are known to have existed in the Scandinavian mountains..during the last of the Pleistocene glaciations.

b. Applied to earth holding standing water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > soft or yielding > through excess water

weta900

clammy1530

waterish1540

weeping1577

spongy1652

stagnant1850

1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 10 These plants [Hepatica] require a well-drained border, for they do not succeed well in moist or stagnant earth.

3. figurative. Void of activity, excitement, or interest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > characterized by inaction or inactivity

unactive1621

inergeticala1691

stagnant1749

inergetic1807

stagnating1837

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

dreicha1300

alangec1330

joylessa1400

tedious1412

wearifulc1454

weary1465

laboriousa1475

tiresome?a1513

irksome1513

wearisome1530

woodena1566

irkful1570

flat1573

leaden1593

barren1600

soaked1600

unlively1608

dulla1616

irking1629

drearisome1633

drear1645

plumbous1651

fatigable1656

dreary1667

uncurious1685

unenlivened1692

blank1726

disinteresting1737

stupid1748

stagnant1749

trist?1756

vegetable1757

borish1766

uninteresting1769

unenlivening1774

oorie1787

wearying1796

subjectless1803

yawny1805

wearing1811

stuffy1813

sloomy1820

tediousome1823

arid1827

lacklustrous1834

boring1839

featureless1839

slow1840

sodden1853

ennuying1858

dusty1860

cabbagy1861

old1864

mouldy1876

yawnful1878

drab1880

dehydrated1884

interestless1886

jay1889

boresome1895

stodgy1895

stuffy1895

yawnsome1900

sludgy1901

draggy1922

blah1937

nowhere1940

drack1945

stupefactive1970

schleppy1978

wack1986

1749 S. Johnson Irene iii. viii. 43 Immur'd, and buried in perpetual Sloth, That gloomy Slumber of the stagnant Soul.

1812 G. Crabbe Tales xxi. 388 To me refer the choice [of books], and you shall find The light break in upon your stagnant mind!

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vi. 20 The stagnant, dull, predestinated fool.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. ii. 175 Trade is stagnant.

1883 T. Hardy Dorsetshire Labourer in Longman's Mag. July 263 It is too much to expect them to remain stagnant and old-fashioned.

4. In combinations.

ΚΠ

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 82 The very gold and silver fish,..though members of a dull and stagnant-blooded race.

1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) xx. 250 New doctrines always displease the small and stagnant-souled.

Derivatives

ˈstagnantly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adverb]

unactively1611

passively1643

inactively1732

quiescently1739

inertly1742

slumberously1816

torpidly1820

stagnantly1847

pathically1932

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stagnantly, in a still, motionless, inactive manner.

1848 T. Carlyle French Revol. (ed. 3) I. i. ii. 17 To pine stagnantly in thick obscuration, in squalid destitution and obstruction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stagnant
释义	stagnantadj. Brit. /ˈstaɡnənt/, U.S. /ˈstæɡnənt/ Etymology: < Latin stagnant-em present participle of stagnāre : see stagnate v. Compare French stagnant (1611 Cotgrave), Italian stagnante. †1. Of a fluid: That is at rest in a vessel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [adjective] > in a vessel stagnant1666 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 32 A parcel of Stagnant Quicksilver. 1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (ed. 2) v. 101 The Orifice of that shorter Leg of such a Tube, must always be at least as far below the Surface of the stagnant Fluid, as that Height amounts to. 1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 206 The Needle so touch'd, being laid gently on the Surface of a stagnant Water, floated. 2. a. Not flowing or running, of water, air, (the ice of) a glacier or ice sheet, etc.; without motion or current, as a pool. Often involving unwholesomeness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [adjective] stillOE standingOE settled1600 commorant1610 restagnant1651 stagnant1669 stagnated1703 stagnate1706 the world > the earth > water > body of water > still or standing water > [adjective] pourryc1450 deada1552 stagnant1669 the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > stagnant stagnant1773 uncirculated1880 the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > stagnant stagnant1902 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 326 Oaken vessels..if the water..were stagnant, could not move thereon half so well. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 82 Alligators..remain here till the Water drains off from the Land; and then confine themselves to the Stagnant Ponds. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. xii. 723 All but Tupia fell a sacrifice to the unwholesome, stagnant, putrid air of the country. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. i. 4 The stagnant well. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 308 Experience teaches that in a small level the air and powder-smoke lie stagnant. 1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 100 A stagnant and impure atmosphere and other such things were observed to influence their progress. 1902 Geol. Surv. New Jersey V. iii. 86 Such isolated bodies of ice doubtless preserved their motion..for a time. But when they became small, or when the local topography was unfavorable to motion, they became stagnant, and all the drift they held was let down on the surface as the ice melted. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 247 291 The lower 9 miles of this glacier are stagnant, but the upper part and most of the tributary ice streams are active; some receding and some advancing. 1973 R. J. Price Glacial & Fluvioglacial Landforms viii. 206 Examples of downwasting, stagnant valley glaciers are known to have existed in the Scandinavian mountains..during the last of the Pleistocene glaciations. b. Applied to earth holding standing water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > soft or yielding > through excess water weta900 clammy1530 waterish1540 weeping1577 spongy1652 stagnant1850 1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 10 These plants [Hepatica] require a well-drained border, for they do not succeed well in moist or stagnant earth. 3. figurative. Void of activity, excitement, or interest. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective] > characterized by inaction or inactivity unactive1621 inergeticala1691 stagnant1749 inergetic1807 stagnating1837 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 1749 S. Johnson Irene iii. viii. 43 Immur'd, and buried in perpetual Sloth, That gloomy Slumber of the stagnant Soul. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales xxi. 388 To me refer the choice [of books], and you shall find The light break in upon your stagnant mind! 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vi. 20 The stagnant, dull, predestinated fool. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. ii. 175 Trade is stagnant. 1883 T. Hardy Dorsetshire Labourer in Longman's Mag. July 263 It is too much to expect them to remain stagnant and old-fashioned. 4. In combinations. ΚΠ 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 82 The very gold and silver fish,..though members of a dull and stagnant-blooded race. 1857 L. H. Grindon Life (ed. 2) xx. 250 New doctrines always displease the small and stagnant-souled. Derivatives ˈstagnantly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adverb] unactively1611 passively1643 inactively1732 quiescently1739 inertly1742 slumberously1816 torpidly1820 stagnantly1847 pathically1932 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stagnantly, in a still, motionless, inactive manner. 1848 T. Carlyle French Revol. (ed. 3) I. i. ii. 17 To pine stagnantly in thick obscuration, in squalid destitution and obstruction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1666
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