Meanings
plural stolidities
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being stolid; unemotionality.
"[…] So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout."
1916, James Branch Cabell, The Certain Hour
Synonyms & antonyms
nounapathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
nounan indifference to pleasure or pain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinstoliditas
- Middle Frenchstolidité
- Englishstolidity
From stolid + -ity, from Middle French stolidité, from Late Latin stoliditas.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безстрасност
- безстрасност (bezstrasnost)The property of being stolid; unemotionality
Esperanto flegmo
- flegmoThe property of being stolid; unemotionality
Russian невозмути́мость, бесстра́стность
- невозмути́мость (nevozmutímostʹ)The property of being stolid; unemotionality
- бесстра́стность (besstrástnostʹ)The property of being stolid; unemotionality
Cite this entry
stolidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stolidity
“stolidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stolidity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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