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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1630
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Stolid, adj. [e.m.E. stolidde (c1600), stolide (1623), F. stolide (16-17th c. in Godefroy), L. stolidus, related to stultus foolish.] Dull, foolish. —c1630 Scot Narr. 49.
He provided Mr. Robert Montgomery, minister at Stirling, a stolid asse and arrogant, to the title of the bishoprick of Glasgow
