English Explanatory Dictionary

stoical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.

Pronunciation

/ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl/ /ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stoical.wav

Word forms

stoical more stoical most stoical

Etymology

From Middle English stoicalle, from Latin stōicus + -al. By surface analysis, stoic + -al.

Related words

stoic stoicism

Derived words

stoically stoicalness superstoical unstoical
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary