Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stoic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally,
of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a
porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his
successors taught.]
1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect
which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved
by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to
unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person;
one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to
pleasure or pain.
A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
--Campbell.
{School of Stoics}. See {The Porch}, under {Porch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stoic \Sto"ic\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?: cf.
F. sto["i]que. See {Stoic}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or
their doctrines.
2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to
pleasure or pain. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
{Sto"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stoic
adj 1: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic
courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn:
{stoical}]
2: pertaining to Stoicism or its followers [syn: {Stoic}]
n 1: a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded
by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to
destiny" [syn: {Stoic}]
2: someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions [syn: {unemotional
person}] [ant: {emotional person}]
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