stoicity

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noun

Stoicism.

OriginFrench stoïcité →
First used 1609–1616Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounstoicity (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableStoicism.First known use 1609–1616

    Talk me of pins, and feathers, and ladies, and rushes, and such things, and leave this stoicity alone till thou mak'st sermons

    1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

  1. Frenchstoïcité
  2. Englishstoicity

Calque of French stoïcité. Only attested in the writing of Ben Jonson, poet and playwright. By surface analysis, stoic + -ity.

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