solid

adj.hard, dimensional
adj.continuous, complete
adj.dependable, reliable

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Word Origin & History

late 14c., "not empty or hollow," from Old French solide "firm, dense, compact," from Latin solidus "firm, whole, undivided, entire," figuratively "sound, trustworthy, genuine," from PIE *sol-ido-, suffixed form of root *sol- "whole" (cf. Greek holos "whole," Latin salus "health," salvus "safe;" see safe (adj.)).

Meaning "firm, hard, compact" is from 1530s. Meaning "entirely of the same stuff" is from 1710. Of qualities, "well-established, considerable" c.1600. As a mere intensifier, 1830. Slang sense of "wonderful, remarkable" first attested 1920 among jazz musicians. As an adverb, "solidly, completely," 1650s. Solid South in U.S. political history is attested from 1858. Solid state as a term in physics is recorded from 1953; meaning "employing solid transistors (as opposed to vacuum tubes)" is from 1959. Related: Solidly.

Example Sentences forsolid

At first the solid blackness seemed to lay a weight on their foreheads.

But it is in the direction of Turkey that all the solid advances are made.

There she always finishes her hostility by making some solid acquisition.

The bridge was tremulous beneath me, and marked the tremor of the solid earth.

But these are mere conjectures without any solid foundation.

Weren't they, after all, to be envied, rooted as they were in their solid simplicity?

With these solid facts in my possession I breathed a little easier.

In those days there was royal sport for rod and gun, but books also had a solid worth.

I am more afraid of it than of all his solid good qualities.

"And you will not allow me to be decided by solid good qualities," said Belinda.

solid

admirable

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blocky

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