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stoic

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  1. impassive             
 
1. sto.ic \'sto--ik\ n [ME, fr. L stoicus, fr. Gk sto-i:kos, lit., of the 
   portico, fr.] Stoa (Poikile-) the Painted Portico, portico at Athens where 
   Zeno taught cap  1: a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of 
   Citium about 300 (MB.C. holding that the wise man should be free from 
   passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law 2: one 
   apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain 
2. stoic \-i-k*l\ \-k(*-)le-\ aj cap  1: of, relating to, or resembling the 
   Stoics or their doctrines {Stoi c logic} 2: not affected by passion or 
   feeling; esp : manifesting indiffere nce to pain - sto.ical aj