stolid

[ stol-id ]

adjective

1. not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.

   Synonyms: phlegmatic, lethargic, apathetic

stolid

/ stɒˈlɪdɪtɪ; ˈstɒlɪd /

adjective

1. showing little or no emotion or interest

Derived Forms

• stolidity, noun
• ˈstolidly, adverb

Other Words From

• sto·lid·i·ty [st, uh, -, lid, -i-tee], stolid·ness noun
• stolid·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stolid¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from the Latin stolidus “inert, dull, stupid”

Word History and Origins

Origin of stolid¹

C17: from Latin stolidus dull; compare Latin stultus stupid; see still ¹

Example Sentences

Rich, 54, a decidedly stolid type who composes their music and plays guitar, recalled, “Hair metal was big.”

From New York Times

In their chickens, though — with close-set beady eyes and faces far more expressive than a real chicken’s stolid look could ever be — the studio located comic gold.

From New York Times

They have sometimes been, by turns, stolid, corrupt and ineffectual, but virtually any semblance of organization is better than nothing, because non-union workers don’t strike.

From Los Angeles Times

The final season is as much Allam’s as it is Evans’s, with the stolid, old-school Thursday struggling in his roles as cop, husband, father and, to Morse, surrogate dad.

From New York Times

Although many disliked the building’s brooding, stolid architecture, the Breuer came to be considered the ideal space in which to show 20th and 21st century art and sculpture.

From New York Times

Related Words

• impassive