STOIC (n.)
Meaning: One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.
Etymology: A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 b.c., believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order.
From Greek Stoikos, (Painted) Porch, where Zeno taught.
From Greek Stoikos, (Painted) Porch, where Zeno taught.
Usage: The men, pitching forward insanely, had burst into cheerings, moblike and barbaric, but tuned in strange keys that can arouse the dullard and the stoic.
