staid
[ steyd ]
/ steɪd /
adjective
of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
fixed, settled, or permanent.
verb
Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of stay1.
RELATED WORDS
momentousness, exigency, severity, sobriety, solemnity, graveness, sedateness, acuteness, significance, consequence, urgency, concern, weightiness, solemnness
Nearby words
- stagnatory,
- stagy,
- stagyrite,
- stahl,
- stahl, georg ernst,
- stain,
- stained glass,
- stained glass ceiling,
- stainer,
- staines
Origin of staid
1535–45 for adj. use
SYNONYMS FOR staid
1. proper, serious, decorous, solemn. Staid, sedate, settled indicate a sober and composed type of conduct. Staid indicates an ingrained seriousness and propriety that shows itself in complete decorum; a colorless kind of correctness is indicated: a staid and uninteresting family. Sedate applies to one who is noticeably quiet, composed, and sober in conduct: a sedate and dignified young man. One who is settled has become fixed, especially in a sober or determined way, in manner, judgments, or mode of life: He is young to be so settled in his ways.
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staid
/ (steɪd) /
adjective
of a settled, sedate, and steady character
rare permanent
Word Origin for staid
C16: obsolete past participle of stay 1
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staid
1540s, "fixed, permanent," adjectival use of stayed, past participle of stay (v.). Meaning "sober, sedate" first recorded 1550s.
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