Crossword clues for stolidity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stolidity \Sto*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. stoliditas.] The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle
all arguments, and be proof against demonstration
itself.
--Bentley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Middle French stolidite and directly from Late Latin stoliditatem (nominative stoliditas) "dullness, obtuseness, stupidity," from Latin stolidus (see stolid).
Wiktionary
n. The property of being stolid; unemotionality.
WordNet
n. apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions [syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, unemotionality]
an indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: stoicism, stolidness]
Usage examples of "stolidity".
Jeremy perserved the stolidity of his expression, grew slower of speech every day, and hid the bewildering turmoil of his thoughts.
The resisting power of numbers, the unattackable stolidity of a great multitude, was the haunting fear of his sinister loneliness.
Hali Omani came to be his roommate and his stolidity had a calming effect.
In her rather guttural but pleasant voice she answered all our questions--not very far from tears, I think, but saved by native stolidity, and perhaps a little by the fear that purifiers of Society might not be the proper audience for emotion.
I imagine it just happened that way and his stolidity would have made him an ideal flight engineer in any bomber crew.