Meanings
nounstolidness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being stolid.
She got so she received all things with the stolidness of the earth which soaks up urine and perfume with the same indifference.
1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 88
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Schwerfälligkeit, Sturheit
- Schwerfälligkeitquality of being stolid
- Sturheitquality of being stolid
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Chicago
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