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stolid
 
SYLLABICATION:stol·id
PRONUNCIATION:  stld
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: 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).
ETYMOLOGY:Latin stolidus, stupid. See stel- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:sto·lidi·ty (st-ld-t, st-) , stolid·ness (stld-ns) —NOUN
stolid·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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