stolidity
English edit
Etymology edit
stolid + -ity, from Middle French stolidité, from Late Latin stoliditas.
Noun edit
stolidity (usually uncountable, plural stolidities)
- The property of being stolid; unemotionality.
- 1916, James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour[1]:
- " […] So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout."
Translations edit
The property of being stolid; unemotionality
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