[word-lover] 【整理】2016-05-24 How to Use a Word

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Today's word is stolid, spelled S-T-O-L-I-D.

Stolid is an adjective that means having or expressing little or no sensibility, unemotional. Here is the word used in a sentence from The New York Times by Charles Isherwood.



"A modest woman of great heart and spirit, Deirdre, perhaps more than any other member of the family, has weathered the storms she and her husband have endured with a stolid equanimity…."



The word stolid derives from stolidus, a word that means "dull" or "stupid" in Latin. It is also distantly related to the word stultify, meaning "to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical." The earliest examples of usage for stolid, dating back to the early 17th century, indicate that it too was originally associated with a lack of smarts; it was used to describe people who were considered dull or stupid because they didn't wear their emotions on their sleeves. By the 1800s, however, stolid was frequently appearing without the connotation of foolishness, and it continues to be free of such overtones today.

With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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Today's word is stolid, spelled s-t-o-l-i-d, stolid is an adjective that means having or expressing little or mil sensibility; unemotional.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the New York Times by Charles - a modest woman of great heart and spirit d... perhaps more than any other member of the family has weathered the storms she and her husband have endured with a stolid equanimity.
The word stolid derives from stoliduse, a word that means dull or stupid in Latin. It's also distantly related to the word stotify, meaning to cause to appear to be stupid, foolish or absurdly illogical. The earliest examples of usage for stolid dating back to the early 17th century indicated that it too was originally associated with a lack of smarts, it was used to describe people who were considered dull or stupid because they didn't wear their emotions on their sleeves. By the 1800 however stolid was frequently appearing without the connotation of foolishness and it continues to be free of such overtones today.
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