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Webster 1913 Edition
Staid
Staid
,Adj.
[From
Stay
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Staid
STAID
, pret, and pp. of stay; so written for stayed.1.
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.
Definition 2024
stáid
stáid
See also: staid
Irish
Noun
stáid f (genitive singular stáide, nominative plural stáideanna)
Declension
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Second declension
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Etymology 2
Noun
stáid f (genitive singular stáide, nominative plural stáideanna)
- stately woman
Declension
Declension of stáid
Second declension
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