stolidity
21stolid — adjective Etymology: Latin stolidus dull, stupid Date: circa 1600 having or expressing little or no sensibility ; unemotional Synonyms: see impassive • stolidity noun • stolidly adverb …
22Rutland Barrington — (15 January 1853 ndash; 31 May 1922) was an English singer, actor, comedian, and Edwardian musical comedy star. Best remembered for originating the lyric baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1877 to 1896, his performing career… …
23William Bush (Hornblower) — Captain William Bush RN is a fictional character in C.S. Forester s Horatio Hornblower series. He is Hornblower s best friend, and serves with Hornblower in the Royal Navy prior to the Peace of Amiens and again during the Napoleonic Wars.… …
24George Selth Coppin — (8 April 1819 – 14 March 1906) was a comic actor and politician, active in Australia.Early lifeCoppin was born at Steyning, Sussex, England, son of George Selth Coppin (1794 1854) and Elizabeth Jane, née Jackson. His grandfather had been a well… …
25Hypnopompic — A hypnopompic state (or hypnopomp) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the spiritualist Frederick Myers. Its twin is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated the two states are not identical.… …
26George Warrender, 7th Baronet — Infobox Military Person name= Vice Admiral George Warrender, 7th Baronet lived= 3 July 1860 8 January 1917 placeofbirth=Edinburgh, Scotland placeofdeath=London caption= nickname= allegiance=flag|United Kingdom branch=navy|United Kingdom… …
27stolidly — See stolidity. * * * …
28stolidness — See stolidity. * * * …
29Thucydides — /thooh sid i deez /, n. c460 c400 B.C. Greek historian. * * * born с 460 died с 404 BC Greatest of ancient Greek historians. An Athenian who commanded a fleet in the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides failed to prevent the capture of the important… …
30torpor — /tawr peuhr/, n. 1. sluggish inactivity or inertia. 2. lethargic indifference; apathy. 3. a state of suspended physical powers and activities. 4. dormancy, as of a hibernating animal. [1600 10; < L: numbness, equiv. to torp(ere) to be stiff or… …
