Unstayed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 3
    Without stays. not-comparable

    "Wingsails are typically mounted on an unstayed spar."

Example

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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