staid

The definition of staid is someone who is steady, sedate and distinguished.

(adjective)

An example of someone who would be described as staid is a dignified old professor.
An example of someone who would be described as staid is an older person who is set in his ways.

See staid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb, transitive verb

Archaic stay

adjective

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See staid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See Synonyms at serious.
Fixed; permanent: “There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe” (Virginia Woolf).

Origin:

Origin: From obsolete staid

Origin: , past participle of stay¹

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