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unˈstaidness
[f. prec.]
1. Absence of staidness in conduct or opinion.
c1550Cheke Matt. xxiii. 25 For ie clense y⊇ outward part of y⊇ cup..but y⊇ insijd is ful of robri and vnstaidnes. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xxxviii. 227 That we must not defile our selues with any vnchastitie or vnstayednesse. 1650B. Holyday Persius' Sat. v. 41 Nothing hinders thee..But Luxurie. That doth seduce thy weake Unstayednesse. 1675Barclay Apol. Quakers xi. §8. 358 The unstayedness of their Minds. 1828E. Irving Last Days 326 The former [trait] expressing haste, precipitancy, and unstayedness.
†2. Physical unsteadiness. Obs.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. ix, With a kind of shaking unstayednes over all his body. 1607Markham Cavel. vii. 59 When..the orifice by the vnstaidnes of the Farriers hand, is made too great. |