Definition of Stolidness

1. Noun. An indifference to pleasure or pain.

Exact synonyms: Stoicism, Stolidity
Generic synonyms: Emotionlessness, Unemotionality
Derivative terms: Stoical, Stolid, Stolid

Definition of Stolidness

1. n. Same as Stolidity.

Definition of Stolidness

1. Noun. The quality of being stolid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stolidness

stole fee
stole fees
stoled
stolen
stolen base
stolen bases
stolen property
stoles
stolest
stolid
stolider
stolidest
stolidities
stolidity
stolidly
stolidness (current term)
stollen
stollens
stoln
stolon
stolonate
stolonic
stoloniferous
stolons
stolovaya
stolovayas
stolport
stolports
stolzite
stoma

Literary usage of Stolidness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"The first point which the designer of the Regency aimed at was to break up the lines of the meuble, to alleviate its stolidness. ..."

2. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1874)
"It was hard not to agree with what everybody said, not to be sensible that one was in the enviable position which the world made out ; but the stolidness ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"5 : 509. Specimen of African civilization (Misc.), 15 : 863. stolidness of Eskimos (Misc.), :141. Stone-age civilization in New Guinea (Misc.), 19 :. ..."

4. Representative Plays by American Dramatists by Montrose Jonas Moses (1921)
"[With characteristic stolidness.] Your ladyship's dressmaker! M'lady! [Enter SIR WILFRID in morning suit, boutonniere,&c. VIDA. [With tender surprise and ..."

5. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1903)
"But notwithstanding the irony that underlies the Scot's nature, and his apparent stolidness, there does lie within his bosom, unseen, a store of sentiment; ..."

6. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"But notwithstanding the irony that underlies the Scot's nature, and his apparent stolidness, there does lie within his bosom, unseen, a store of sentiment; ..."

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