'Stoical' definitions:

Definition of 'stoical'

From: WordNet
adjective
Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: stoic, stoical]

Definition of 'Stoical'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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