STOLID

PRONUNCIATION: (STAHL-id)

MEANING: adjective: Having or showing little emotion; dull; impassive.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin stolidus (dull, stupid). Ultimately from the Indo-European root stel- (to put or stand), which is also the source of stallion, stilt, install, gestalt, stout, and pedestal, stele, and epistolary. Earliest documented use: 1600.

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STORID - a UPC

STOWLID - put away the box top

STOLOID - like a short fur coat