stolid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
    impassive.
    • her impassive remoteness
    • he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall
    • a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf
    • her face showed nothing but stolid indifference

WordNet


Stol"id adjective
Etymology
L. stolidus.
Definitions
  1. Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.

Webster 1913