Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STAID
STAID, pp.
- pret. and pp. of Stay; so written for stayed.
- adj. [from stay, to stop.] Sober; grave; steady; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty or fanciful; as, staid wisdom. To ride out with staid guides. – Milton.
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