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stoicity

stoicity noun: stoicism.

Noun

stoicity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Stoicism.
    • Talk me of pins, and feathers, and ladies, and rushes, and such things, and leave this stoicity alone till thou mak'st sermons1609 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...

Origin of stoicity

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

Questions about stoicity

What does stoicity mean?
Stoicity means stoicism.
What part of speech is stoicity?
Stoicity is a noun.

Words near stoicity in the dictionary

  1. stoichometry
  2. stoicism
  3. stoicisms
  4. stoicist
  5. stoicists
  6. stoicity
  7. stoicize
  8. stoicized
  9. stoicizes
  10. stoicizing
  11. stoick

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