stoical
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stoical
- /ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl/ US
- /ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English stoicalle, from Latin stōicus + -al. By surface analysis, stoic + -al.
adjective more stoical · most stoical
- Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint. "More and more, the shrewdest thinkers and artists are precocious archeologists of ... ruins-in-the-making, indignant or stoical diagnosticians of defeat, enigmatic choreographers of the complex spiritual movements useful for individual survival in an era or permanent apocalypse."
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Talk about this word "stoical." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stoical. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. stoical. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stoical "stoical." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stoical.Cite this
@misc{stoical_2026,
title = {stoical},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stoical},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
