stolid

[stol-id] /ˈstɒl ɪd/

adjective

not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.

Origin

1590-1600; < Latin stolidus inert, dull, stupid

Related forms

stolidity

[stuh-lid-i-tee] /stəˈlɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA), stolidness, noun

stolidly, adverb

Can be confused

solid, stolid.

Synonyms

apathetic, lethargic, phlegmatic.

Examples from the web for stolid

stolid modern farm buildings with red-tile roofs stood in place of the huts of the ancient tribesmen.
He was no stolid merchant but an audacious risk-taker, and something of a rebel in early life.
His home is average, a stolid two-story ranch at the edge of a wheat field with a barn outside the door.
Be expresses bin customary stolid confidence in his success.
When this freedom became license society still looked on with stolid indifference.
He failed however, to gather any information from the butler's stolid vis age.

British Dictionary definitions for stolid

stolid

/ˈstɒlɪd/

adjective

showing little or no emotion or interest

Derived Forms

stolidity (stɒˈlɪdɪtɪ), stolidness, noun
stolidly, adverb

Word Origin

C17: from Latin stolidus dull; compare Latin stultus stupid; see still1

Word Origin and History for stolid

1560s (implied in stolidity), from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).