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Staid

//steɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

    "Put thy ſelfe / Into a hauiour of leſſe feare, ere wildneſſe / Vanquiſh my ſtayder Senſes."

  2. 2
    Always fixed in the same location; stationary. rare

    "'Tis not age or height alone / Can secure the staidest throne / From the reach of Change or Death,— […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by dignity and propriety wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of stayed. alt-of, obsolete

    "The Company had now ſtaid ſo long, that Mrs. Fitzpatrick plainly perceived they all deſigned to ſtay out each other. She therefore reſolved to rid herſelf of Jones, he being the Viſitant, to whom ſhe thought the leaſt Ceremony was due."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective.

Etymology 2

From an obsolete spelling of stayed, the past participle of stay, used as an adjective.

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