staidadj.

Brit.

/steɪd/, U.S.

/steɪd/

Forms: 1500s sta(i)de, ( steyed), 1500s–1600s staied, stayd, 1500s–1800s staid, stayed.

Etymology: Adjectival use of stayed, past participle of stay v.¹

a. Of beliefs, institutions, etc.: Fixed, permanent; settled, unchanging. Of a person's gaze: Fixed, set. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]

truea1225

certain1297

standing1457

surec1475

stable1481

finite1493

resident1525

determinate1526

staid?1541

constantc1550

undiscomfitablea1555

inveterate1563

sound1565

unwanderinga1569

fixed1574

undisturbable1577

wishly1578

unremovable1579

inveterated1597

immoved1599

rigid1610

staple1621

consistent1648

irradicable1728

incoercible1756

hard and fast1822

unstrangulable1824

lockstep1831

statical1853

static1856

flatline1946

?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiv Than beholde..yf his [the lazar's] loke be steyed and horryble [L. aspectus fixus & horribilis].

1559 Fecknam in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. ix. 24 Your Honours must observe which of bothe these is the most stayed Religion, and allwayes forthe one, and agreeable with it self.

1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 20 This was a troublesome time and as yet no staied government established in Wales.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. iii. 427/2 The variable inclination of his owne mind carried his actions past the limits of any staied compasse.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 393 His staid opinion.

1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy ii. 37 That staid glazy and sedate-looking eye, which a hard-worked seaman usually has.

b. Of persons: Settled in faith, purpose, etc. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 104 So stayed in sacred resolutions as was Henry the fourth.

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso v. 73 Be ye more staid, O Christians! not like feather, by each wind Removeable.

2. Settled in character; of grave or sedate deportment; dignified and serious in demeanour or conduct; free from flightiness or caprice.

a. of a person, his actions, attributes, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adjective] > staid

sober1362

staid1557

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]

seinec1330

sober1362

unfeastlyc1386

murec1390

unlaughter-milda1400

sadc1400

solemnyc1420

solemned1423

serious1440

solemnc1449

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

moy1487

demure1523

grave1549

staid1557

sage1564

sullen1583

weighty1602

solid1632

censoriousa1637

(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650

untriumphant1659

setc1660

agelastic1666

austere1667

humourless1671

unlaughing1737

smileless1740

untriflinga1743

untittering1749

steady1759

dun1797

antithalian1818

dreich1819

laughterless1825

unsmiling1826

laughless1827

unfestive1844

sober-sided1847

gleeless1850

unfarcical1850

mome1855

deedy1895

button-down1959

buttoned-down1960

straight-faced1975

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes Ded. sig. A j By his stayed life God hath bene glorified.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 463 A Phisician that is learned, graue, wise, stayed, and of experience.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 38 But ryper age such pleasures doth reproue, My fancye eke from former follies moue To stayed steps.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xlii. 273 Hee..with a stayed voyce [Sp. con reposada voz] said: I giue infinite thankes, friend Sancho, that [etc.].

1638 R. Montagu Articles Diocese of Norwich sig. B1^v For his person and deportment, is he [your Minister] stayed, grave, humble, modest [etc.]?

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋4 Not that she is against a more stay'd Conduct in others.

1756 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 360 The whole congregation appeared stayed and solid.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 54 On widow fair and staid, He fix'd his eye.

a1834 C. Lamb Good Clerk in Misc. Wks. (1871) 386 His whole deportment is staid, modest, and civil.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 7 A grave and staid God-fearing man.

in combination.1872 C. Gibbon For King iii There spoke a lover, and not a staid-minded husband.

b. of things personified, their attributes, etc.

ΚΠ

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 27 Ouze hauing Ouleney past,..From her first stayder course immediatly doth gad.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 37 Ore laid with black staid Wisdoms hue.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 335 Staid Order, gentle Peace, Twin-born of Justice, smiled.

c. of animals.

ΚΠ

1618 M. Baret Hipponomie i. 13 There must be a time to reforme the will of the Horse, and after that to giue him a stayed body, and an euen carriage of the same.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 289 Thus husbandmen couple young colts with staid horses, that both together may draw the better.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 235 A staid and quiet palfrey.

d. Characterized by or indicating sedateness.

ΚΠ

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aviij^v The stade Spondeus foote [L. spondeos stabilis].

1819 L. Hunt Indicator 16 Feb. 147 Prudence..Humanized into Pru. We suspect that these prodigiously staid names are apt to overshoot themselves, and disgust the possessor.

1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. xl. 169 Monsieur Varbarriere entered the staid mansion.

3. Of the intellect and intellectual operations: Sober, steady, well-regulated; free from extravagance or caprice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adjective]

wittyc1380

perceivedc1425

sensible?a1439

sober-minded1534

staida1555

sonsy1568

mother-witted1593

unfoolish1603

capable1609

sober1619

hard-headed1779

commonsensical1792

sensical1795

sober-minded1811

common-sensible1813

savvy1826

common sensed1834

level1869

level-headed1879

square-headed1896

a1555 J. Hooper in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 160 Such as be of a right and stayed iudgement.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 42^v This exercise may bring moch profite to ripe heads, and stayd iudgementes.

1664 R. Flecknoe Short Disc. Eng. Stage G 6 Wit being an exuberant thing..but Judgement a stayed, and reposed thing.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 57 Deliberation; a staid and attentive consideration of things to be known.

1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xiv. 246 A staid and considerate understanding.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	staid
释义	staidadj. Brit. /steɪd/, U.S. /steɪd/ Forms: 1500s sta(i)de, ( steyed), 1500s–1600s staied, stayd, 1500s–1800s staid, stayed. Etymology: Adjectival use of stayed, past participle of stay v.¹ 1. a. Of beliefs, institutions, etc.: Fixed, permanent; settled, unchanging. Of a person's gaze: Fixed, set. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] truea1225 certain1297 standing1457 surec1475 stable1481 finite1493 resident1525 determinate1526 staid?1541 constantc1550 undiscomfitablea1555 inveterate1563 sound1565 unwanderinga1569 fixed1574 undisturbable1577 wishly1578 unremovable1579 inveterated1597 immoved1599 rigid1610 staple1621 consistent1648 irradicable1728 incoercible1756 hard and fast1822 unstrangulable1824 lockstep1831 statical1853 static1856 flatline1946 ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qiv Than beholde..yf his [the lazar's] loke be steyed and horryble [L. aspectus fixus & horribilis]. 1559 Fecknam in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. ix. 24 Your Honours must observe which of bothe these is the most stayed Religion, and allwayes forthe one, and agreeable with it self. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 20 This was a troublesome time and as yet no staied government established in Wales. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. iii. 427/2 The variable inclination of his owne mind carried his actions past the limits of any staied compasse. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 393 His staid opinion. 1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy ii. 37 That staid glazy and sedate-looking eye, which a hard-worked seaman usually has. b. Of persons: Settled in faith, purpose, etc. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 104 So stayed in sacred resolutions as was Henry the fourth. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso v. 73 Be ye more staid, O Christians! not like feather, by each wind Removeable. 2. Settled in character; of grave or sedate deportment; dignified and serious in demeanour or conduct; free from flightiness or caprice. a. of a person, his actions, attributes, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adjective] > staid sober1362 staid1557 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes Ded. sig. A j By his stayed life God hath bene glorified. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 463 A Phisician that is learned, graue, wise, stayed, and of experience. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 38 But ryper age such pleasures doth reproue, My fancye eke from former follies moue To stayed steps. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xlii. 273 Hee..with a stayed voyce [Sp. con reposada voz] said: I giue infinite thankes, friend Sancho, that [etc.]. 1638 R. Montagu Articles Diocese of Norwich sig. B1^v For his person and deportment, is he [your Minister] stayed, grave, humble, modest [etc.]? 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋4 Not that she is against a more stay'd Conduct in others. 1756 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 360 The whole congregation appeared stayed and solid. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 54 On widow fair and staid, He fix'd his eye. a1834 C. Lamb Good Clerk in Misc. Wks. (1871) 386 His whole deportment is staid, modest, and civil. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 7 A grave and staid God-fearing man. in combination.1872 C. Gibbon For King iii There spoke a lover, and not a staid-minded husband. b. of things personified, their attributes, etc. ΚΠ 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxii. 27 Ouze hauing Ouleney past,..From her first stayder course immediatly doth gad. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 37 Ore laid with black staid Wisdoms hue. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 335 Staid Order, gentle Peace, Twin-born of Justice, smiled. c. of animals. ΚΠ 1618 M. Baret Hipponomie i. 13 There must be a time to reforme the will of the Horse, and after that to giue him a stayed body, and an euen carriage of the same. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 289 Thus husbandmen couple young colts with staid horses, that both together may draw the better. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 235 A staid and quiet palfrey. d. Characterized by or indicating sedateness. ΚΠ 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aviij^v The stade Spondeus foote [L. spondeos stabilis]. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator 16 Feb. 147 Prudence..Humanized into Pru. We suspect that these prodigiously staid names are apt to overshoot themselves, and disgust the possessor. 1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. xl. 169 Monsieur Varbarriere entered the staid mansion. 3. Of the intellect and intellectual operations: Sober, steady, well-regulated; free from extravagance or caprice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adjective] wittyc1380 perceivedc1425 sensible?a1439 sober-minded1534 staida1555 sonsy1568 mother-witted1593 unfoolish1603 capable1609 sober1619 hard-headed1779 commonsensical1792 sensical1795 sober-minded1811 common-sensible1813 savvy1826 common sensed1834 level1869 level-headed1879 square-headed1896 a1555 J. Hooper in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 160 Such as be of a right and stayed iudgement. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 42^v This exercise may bring moch profite to ripe heads, and stayd iudgementes. 1664 R. Flecknoe Short Disc. Eng. Stage G 6 Wit being an exuberant thing..but Judgement a stayed, and reposed thing. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 57 Deliberation; a staid and attentive consideration of things to be known. 1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xiv. 246 A staid and considerate understanding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1541
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