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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
staid
staid
See also: stáid
English
Adjective
staid (comparative staider, superlative staidest)
- 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.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":
- Always fixed in the same location; stationary
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
serious, organized, and professional; sober
always fixed in the same location; stationary
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Verb
staid
- Obsolete spelling of stayed
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
staid f (genitive singular staide, nominative plural staideanna)
Declension
Declension of staid
Second declension
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Synonyms
- staidiam
Etymology 2
Noun
staid f (genitive singular staide, nominative plural staideanna)
Declension
Declension of staid
Second declension
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