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Webster 1913 Edition


Staid

Staid

(stād)
,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Stay
.

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


staid

staid

See also: stáid

English

Adjective

staid (comparative staider, superlative staidest)

  1. Serious, organized, and professional; sober
    • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
      He wondered what had become of the boys who were his companions: they were nearly thirty now; some would be dead, but others were married and had children; they were soldiers and parsons, doctors, lawyers; they were staid men who were beginning to put youth behind them.
  2. Always fixed in the same location; stationary

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Verb

staid

  1. Obsolete spelling of stayed

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Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

staid f (genitive singular staide, nominative plural staideanna)

  1. stadium
  2. furlong
Declension
Synonyms
  • staidiam

Etymology 2

Noun

staid f (genitive singular staide, nominative plural staideanna)

  1. state, condition
Declension
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