Etymology

stoical

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Today it means: Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint. Full definition →

Middle English stoicalle
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromstoicalle
  2. English todaystoical

From Middle English stoicalle, from Latin stōicus + -al. By surface analysis, stoic + -al.

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