Unstayed
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Not stayed or held back. not-comparable
"In vain: your turbulence is unallayed, My flame unquenched; your rioting unstayed; My life so wretched from your strife to save it That death were welcome did I dare to brave it."
- 2 Not wearing stays. not-comparable
"A little while later, when I came to the dining-room for the first breakfast, I met Lovaina in a blue-figured aahu of muslin and lace, a close-fitting, sweeping nightgown, the single garment that Tahitians wear all day and take off at night, a tunic, or Mother Hubbard, which reveals their figures without disguise, unstayed, unpetticoated."
- 3 Without stays. not-comparable
"Wingsails are typically mounted on an unstayed spar."
Synonyms
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More examples"In vain: your turbulence is unallayed, My flame unquenched; your rioting unstayed; My life so wretched from your strife to save it That death were welcome did I dare to brave it."
Etymology
From un- + stayed.
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