stoicism, stolidity, stolidness
(noun) an indifference to pleasure or pain
Stoicism
(noun) (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stoicism (countable and uncountable, plural stoicisms)
A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.
A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
• misticos
Source: Wiktionary
Sto"i*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stoïcisme.]
1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
