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Webster 1913 Edition

(stād)

imp.

Adj.

[From

to stop.]

Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful.

“Sober and staid persons.”

Addison.

O’erlaid with black,

staid

Wisdom's hue.

Milton.

Syn. – Sober; grave; steady; steadfast; composed; regular; sedate.

, pret, and pp. of stay; so written for stayed.

a. [from stay, to stop.] Sober; grave; steady; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty or fanciful; as staid wisdom.

To ride out with staid guides.