Both Uses of
stolid
in
Their Eyes Were Watching God
- She got so she received all things with the stolidness of the earth which soaks up urine and perfume with the same indifference.
Chpt 7 *stolidness = lack of emotion
- The men walking in front and the laden, stolid women following them like burros.
Chpt 18stolid = unemotional
Definition:
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(stolid) having or revealing little emotion -- sometimes indicating qualities of not changing or being dependable
or (much more rarely):
of an object: not interesting -- often large and unmoving