Main Entry:

¹sto·ic

Pronunciation:

\ˈstō-ik\

Function:

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

1capitalized : a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. holding that the wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law2: one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain