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stolidness

stolidness noun: the quality of being stolid.

Noun

stolidness (uncountable)

  1. The 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

Origin of stolidness

From stolid + -ness.

Questions about stolidness

What does stolidness mean?
Stolidness means the quality of being stolid.
What part of speech is stolidness?
Stolidness is a noun.

Words near stolidness in the dictionary

  1. stolider
  2. stolidest
  3. stolidities
  4. stolidity
  5. stolidly
  6. stolidness
  7. stolidobranch
  8. stolidobranchs
  9. Stolin
  10. stolkjaerre
  11. stolkjaerres

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