The Only Use of
stagnant
in
A Christmas Carol
- The very gold and silver fish, set forth among these choice fruits in a bowl, though members of a dull and stagnant-blooded race, appeared to know that there was something going on; and, to a fish, went gasping round and round their little world in slow and passionless excitement.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(stagnant) not circulating or flowing