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  • 71Rant — Rant, n. High sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. [1913 Webster] This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things.… …

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  • 72Scheme — Scheme, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?, ?, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G.… …

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  • 73Stoic — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or… …

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  • 74Stoically — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to… …

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  • 75Stoicalness — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to… …

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  • 76Studier — Stud i*er, n. A student. [R.] W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Lipsius was a great studier of the stoical philosophy. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 77To give one the cold shoulder — Cold Cold (k[=o]ld), a. [Compar. {Colder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Coldest}.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan …

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  • 78unblinking — emotionless e*mo tion*less adj. 1. unsusceptible to, destitute of, or showing no emotion; unmoved by feeling. Opposite of {emotional}; as, he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served. [Narrower terms: {matter of fact,… …

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  • 79stoic — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin stoicus, from Greek stōïkos, literally, of the portico, from Stoa (Poikilē) the Painted Portico, portico at Athens where Zeno taught Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a member of a school of… …

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  • 80Humphrey Bogart — Infobox actor name = Humphrey Bogart imagesize = 200px caption = Photographed by Yousuf Karsh, 1946 birthname = Humphrey DeForest Bogart birthdate = birth date|1899|12|25 birthplace = New York City, New York, U.S. deathdate = death date and… …

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