Dulness
81stolidity — n. Stupidity, dulness, foolishness, doltishness, obtuseness, stolidness …
82stupefaction — n. 1. Lethargy, stupor, numbness. 2. Insensibility, dulness, obtuseness, torpor, stupidity …
83stupidity — n. 1. Dulness, obtuseness, insensibility, sottishness, blockishness, doltishness, senselessness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension. 2. Lifelessness, heaviness, insipidity, tameness, vapidness, want of interest, stupidness. 3 …
84torpidity — n. 1. Numbness, torpidness, torpor, lethargy, torpitude. 2. Sluggishness, inertness, dulness, inactivity, stupidity, indolence …
85torpor — n. 1. Numbness, torpidity, lethargy, insensibility. 2. Sluggishness, inertness, dulness, inactivity, stupidity, inaction …
86Pye, Henry James — (1745 1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epic, translated the Poetics of Aristotle, and was Poet Laureate from 1790. In the last capacity he wrote official poems of ludicrous dulness, and… …
87Trumbull, John — (1750 1831) Poet, b. at Waterbury, Conn., was a lawyer, and became a judge. He wrote much verse, his principal productions being The Progress of Dulness (1772) and McFingal (1782), written in support of the Revolution in imitation of Hudibras …
88Wordsworth, William — (1770 1850) Poet, s. of John W., attorney and agent to the 1st Lord Lonsdale, was b. at Cockermouth. His boyhood was full of adventure among the hills, and he says of himself that he showed a stiff, moody, and violent temper. He lost his… …
89dull — /dʌl / (say dul) adjective 1. slow of understanding; obtuse; stupid. 2. lacking keenness of perception in the senses or feelings; insensible; unfeeling. 3. not intense or acute: a dull pain. 4. slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish. 5.… …
90Трамбулл (Trumbull), Джон — (13.IV.1750, Уэстберри, Коннектикут 11.V.1831, Детройт, Мичиган) поэт. Родился в состоятельной новоанглийской семье. В 1770 г. окончил Иейлский университет, недолгое время преподавал в колледже, но с 1773 г. перешел к юридической практике.… …
