c. 1600, back-formation from stolidity, or else from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, slow, brutish, rude, stupid," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).
例文
1. He glanced furtively at the stolid faces of the two detectives.
彼は2人の探偵の無表情な顔をひそかに狙った。
2.She felt more sympathy for Neil 's sombrely stolid manner than she ever had before.
彼女は以前よりもニールの憂鬱で執拗な振る舞いに同情している。
3.The captain remained stolid and determined.
大尉は確固とそこに立っていた。
4.He conceals his feelings behind a rather stolid manner.