'Staid' definitions:
Definition of 'staid'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid]
Definition of 'Staid'
From: GCIDE
- Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stayed (st[=a]d) or Staid (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Staying.] [OF. estayer, F. ['e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf. stay a rope to support a mast. Cf. Staid, a., Stay, v. i.]
- 1. To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support. [1913 Webster]
- Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. --Ex. xvii. 12. [1913 Webster]
- Sallows and reeds . . . for vineyards useful found To stay thy vines. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time. [1913 Webster]
- He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully. [1913 Webster]
- She will not stay the siege of loving terms, Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold. [1913 Webster]
- Him backward overthrew and down him stayed With their rude hands and grisly grapplement. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- All that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To hinder; to delay; to detain; to keep back. [1913 Webster]
- Your ships are stayed at Venice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This business staid me in London almost a week. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To remain for the purpose of; to wait for. "I stay dinner there." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To cause to cease; to put an end to. [1913 Webster]
- Stay your strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- For flattering planets seemed to say This child should ills of ages stay. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Engin.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Naut.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind. [1913 Webster]
- To stay a mast (Naut.), to incline it forward or aft, or to one side, by the stays and backstays. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Staid'
From: GCIDE
- Staid \Staid\, a. [From Stay to stop.] Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful. "Sober and staid persons." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sober; grave; steady; steadfast; composed; regular; sedate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'staid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arid,
- barren,
- calm,
- collected,
- composed,
- cool,
- decorous,
- demure,
- dignified,
- dry,
- dull,
- earnest,
- earthbound,
- formal,
- frowning,
- grave,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- literal,
- long-faced,
- moderate,
- mundane,
- no-nonsense,
- priggish,
- prim,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- quiet,
- restrained,
- rigid,
- sedate,
- serious,
- serious-minded,
- smug,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- solemn,
- somber,
- starchy,
- stiff,
- stolid,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- stuffy,
- temperate,
- thoughtful,
- unfanciful,
- unideal,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- uninventive,
- unoriginal,
- unpoetic,
- unromantic,
- unromanticized,
- unsmiling,
- weighty