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The definition of stolid is a person who is unexcitable and not prone to showing lots of emotion or sensitivity.

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A person who stays calm and shows little emotion in a crisis is an example of someone who would be described as stolid.

See stolid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having or showing little or no emotion or sensitivity; unexcitable; impassive

Origin: L stolidus, firm, slow, stupid: for IE base see still

Related Forms:

stolidity noun or stolidness
stolidly adverb

See stolid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective stol·id·er, stol·id·est

Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: “the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system” (John Kenneth Galbraith).

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Origin: Latin stolidus, stupid; see stel- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

sto·lidˈi·ty (stŏ-lĭdˈĭ-tē, stə-), stolˈid·ness (stŏlˈĭd-nĭs) noun

stolˈid·ly adverb

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