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staidest

staidest is the superlative form of staid.

Meaning of staid

Adjective

staid (comparative staider, superlative staidest)

  1. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
    • Put thy ſelfe / Into a hauiour of leſſe feare, ere wildneſſe / Vanquiſh my ſtayder Senſes.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
    • 'Tis not age or height alone / Can secure the staidest throne / From the reach of Change or Death,— […]1814, Leigh Hunt, The Descent of Liberty, a Mask, London: […] Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, […], published 1815, →OCLC, scene III, page 42

Questions about staidest

What is staidest the superlative form of?
Staidest is the superlative form of staid.

Words near staidest in the dictionary

  1. staia
  2. Staib
  3. Staibs
  4. staid
  5. staider
  6. staidest
  7. staidly
  8. staidness
  9. staidnesses
  10. staies
  11. Staiger

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