Complete Definition of "stolid"

English
Etymology
From the Latin stolidus meaning firm-standing.

Adjective
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  1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.

Quotations
1950, Ray Bradbury, w:Fahrenheit 451|Fahrenheit 451
:With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.

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