n.
Pronunciation: ' st ō -ik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin stoicus, from Greek st ō ïkos, literally, of the portico, from Stoa ( Poikil ē ) the Painted Portico, portico at Athens where Zeno taught
Date: 14th century
1 capitalized : 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 law
2 : one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain