Stolid (adj)
sto-lid
Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
First recorded in 1595–1605; from the Latin stolidus “inert, dull, stupid”
Example sentences
“she put on her stolid face and got on with her husband’s funeral.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
