Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stagnant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stagnant \Stag"nant\, a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of
stagnare. See {Stagnate}.]
1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or
steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of
motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the
veins.
2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. --Johnson.
For him a stagnant life was not worth living.
--Palfrey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stagnant
adj 1: not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water";
"stagnant water" [syn: {dead(a)}]
2: not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: {moribund}]
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