stagnant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stagnant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stagnant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stagnant adj not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water" Synonym(s): dead(a), stagnant not growing or changing; without force or vitality Synonym(s): stagnant, moribund
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stagnant \Stag"nant\, a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of stagnare. See {Stagnate}.] 1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. 2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant. That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. --Johnson. For him a stagnant life was not worth living. --Palfrey.