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Stoically Preserved
Word Origin & History
stoic late 14c., "philosopher of the schoolfounded by Zeno," from L. stoicus, fromGk. stoikos "pertaining to a member of orthe teachings of the school founded byZeno (c.334c.262 B.C.E.), characterizedby austere ethical doctrines," lit."pertaining to a portico," from stoa"porch," specifically Stoa Poikile "thePainted Porch," the great hall in Athens(decorated with frescoes depicting theBattle of Marathon) where Zeno taught(see stoa). Meaning "person who represses feelings or endures patiently"first recorded 1570s. The adj. is recordedfrom 1590s in the "repressing feelings"sense, c.1600 in the philosophical sense;earlier stoical (early 15c. of philosophers,1570s as "indifferent to pleasure orpain").
