unstaidadj.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s unstaied, unstayed, etc.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈstaid.

a. Of persons: Not staid or regulated in deportment or conduct.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] > boisterously lively

exuberant?1504

flagartie1535

unsober1542

unstaida1557

coltisha1586

skittisha1592

unsettled1594

untameful1607

tearing1654

boisterousa1683

rackety1773

rumbustiousa1777

ranty1783

polrumptious1787

spanking1801

flisky1807

uproarious1819

unplacid1825

skylarking1826

fizzy1855

polyphloisboisterousa1875

polyphloisbic1915

raucous1919

boysy1921

bang-about1933

Tigger-like1974

a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 25 Thei be called in greek ἀκρατεῖς,..which we mai cal rightli vnstaid.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 567 When they are so new fangled, so vnstaide, so prodigious in their attires.

1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse v. L4 Now Psiche, you must see your sisters judg'd, Vnstaid Petrea, and unkind Astioche.

in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 60 How will the world repute me For vndertaking so vnstaid a iourney?

†b. Of a hawk: Not properly trained. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [adjective] > untrained

unmanned1577

unstaid1614

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] > of hawk > wild or untrained

ramagea1393

rammist1501

rammisha1529

haggarda1566

unmanned1577

haggardly1580

unstaid1614

1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 21 With the first of these three orders, I haue reclaimed an outragious vnstaied hawke.

2. Of the mind, etc.: Not subjected to restraint or control; unrestrained, unregulated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

startfulmood?a1300

wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

wild-headeda1400

skittishc1412

gerish1430

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

runningc1449

volageous1487

glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

fantastical1531

wayward1531

wantona1538

peevish1539

light-headed1549

humoral1573

unstaid1579

shittle-headed1580

toy-headed1581

fangled1587

humorous1589

choiceful1591

toyish1598

tricksy1598

skip-brain1603

capricious1605

humoursome1607

planetary1607

vertiginous1609

whimsieda1625

ingiddied1628

whimsy1637

toysome1638

cocklec1640

mercurial1647

garish1650

maggoty1650

kicksey-winseya1652

freakish1653

humourish1653

planetic1653

whimsical1653

shittle-braineda1655

freaking1663

maggoty-headed1667

maggot-pated1681

hoity-toity1690

maggotish1693

maggot-headeda1695

whimsy-headed1699

fantasque1701

crotchetly1702

quixotic1718

volatile1719

holloweda1734

conundrumical1743

flighty1768

fly-away1775

dizzy1780

whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

erratic1841

rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

fantasied1883

vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

(a)

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. §5 His vnstayed yougth had long wandred in the common Labyrinth of Loue.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 2 Wil the King come that I may breathe my last? In holsome counsell to his vnstaied youth.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 158 All those vaine delights which vnstaied youth most desireth.

(b)1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 488/1 To lash out whatsoeuer his vnstaied mind affoorded.1605 S. Rowlands Hell's broke Loose sig. C2 The easier to beguile The simple sort, which haue vnstayed mindes.a1678 H. Scougal Disc. Imp. Subj. (1735) 136 Our blood is hot, and our spirits unstayed and giddy.1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. iii. 11 Women..in danger..of unstayed Levity.1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio x. 112 O poor and wretched ones! That..lean your trust Upon unstaid perverseness.1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. i. 38 Unripe and unstaid thoughts, the vanities of youth.1840 J. R. Lowell Moon 5 My soul was like the sea,..Moaning in vague immensity,..Unrestful and unstaid.(c)1592 J. Lyly Gallathea iii. i. sig. D2^v I feele my thoughts vnknit, mine eyes vnstaied.1638 R. Brathwait Spiritual Spicerie, etc. 398 Those poore objects wherewith my unstayed eyes were fed.(d)1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 161 To the gay gardins his vnstaid desire Him wholly caried, to refresh his sprights.1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. 179 Ethelbald..by the wise reproofe of godly Bishops brought From those vnstay'd delights by which his youth was caught.

3. Not settled or stable in opinion or resolve; not clearly determined or decided.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5 That vnstayed and wandring opinion of the maiestie of God.

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 121 If they had brought the old renowmed Reliques from Rome, some unstayed body would haue made question whether they had been Saints bones indeed.

1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 68 A priuate man vnsetled in opinion, is..troublesome and vse-lesse, but a publique person vnstayed, is dangerous.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 515 King Henry,..vnstayed in religious resolutions, did cut them off vpon false suggestions.

a1750 A. Hill Muse to Writer viii While roving thus, uncenter'd and unstaid, I lik'd by turns, and did by turns refuse.

4. Liable to change or alter; uncertain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. O3 Is there anye thing on earth so assured, that by vnstayed incertaintie is not continually guided?

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxvi. sig. Q4 Change is the great Lord of the World; Time is his Agent, that brings in all things to suffer his vnstaid Dominion.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. K7^v They frisque about in circulings unstay'd.

Derivatives

unˈstaidly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously

unstaidly1556

fantastically1567

humorously1593

skittishly1598

fantasticly1599

garishly1606

humoursomely1653

whimsily1654

quirkishly1673

peevishlya1680

whimsically1711

fancifully1741

capriciously1746

flightily1780

erratically1861

tricksily1866

vagariously1892

quirkily1926

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 123 Nothing..vniustly, nothing wantonly, nothing vnstayedly is meete to be done.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxvii. 9) If wee were not shifted hither and thither unstayedly.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Incontinemment,..disorderedly, vnstayedly, immoderately.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unstaid
释义	unstaidadj. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s unstaied, unstayed, etc. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈstaid. 1. a. Of persons: Not staid or regulated in deportment or conduct. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] > boisterously lively exuberant?1504 flagartie1535 unsober1542 unstaida1557 coltisha1586 skittisha1592 unsettled1594 untameful1607 tearing1654 boisterousa1683 rackety1773 rumbustiousa1777 ranty1783 polrumptious1787 spanking1801 flisky1807 uproarious1819 unplacid1825 skylarking1826 fizzy1855 polyphloisboisterousa1875 polyphloisbic1915 raucous1919 boysy1921 bang-about1933 Tigger-like1974 a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 25 Thei be called in greek ἀκρατεῖς,..which we mai cal rightli vnstaid. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 567 When they are so new fangled, so vnstaide, so prodigious in their attires. 1636 T. Heywood Loves Maistresse v. L4 Now Psiche, you must see your sisters judg'd, Vnstaid Petrea, and unkind Astioche. in extended use.a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 60 How will the world repute me For vndertaking so vnstaid a iourney? View more context for this quotation †b. Of a hawk: Not properly trained. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [adjective] > untrained unmanned1577 unstaid1614 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] > of hawk > wild or untrained ramagea1393 rammist1501 rammisha1529 haggarda1566 unmanned1577 haggardly1580 unstaid1614 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 21 With the first of these three orders, I haue reclaimed an outragious vnstaied hawke. 2. Of the mind, etc.: Not subjected to restraint or control; unrestrained, unregulated. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- (a) 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Ep. Ded. §5 His vnstayed yougth had long wandred in the common Labyrinth of Loue. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 2 Wil the King come that I may breathe my last? In holsome counsell to his vnstaied youth. View more context for this quotation 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 158 All those vaine delights which vnstaied youth most desireth. (b)1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 488/1 To lash out whatsoeuer his vnstaied mind affoorded.1605 S. Rowlands Hell's broke Loose sig. C2 The easier to beguile The simple sort, which haue vnstayed mindes.a1678 H. Scougal Disc. Imp. Subj. (1735) 136 Our blood is hot, and our spirits unstayed and giddy.1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. iii. 11 Women..in danger..of unstayed Levity.1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio x. 112 O poor and wretched ones! That..lean your trust Upon unstaid perverseness.1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. i. 38 Unripe and unstaid thoughts, the vanities of youth.1840 J. R. Lowell Moon 5 My soul was like the sea,..Moaning in vague immensity,..Unrestful and unstaid.(c)1592 J. Lyly Gallathea iii. i. sig. D2^v I feele my thoughts vnknit, mine eyes vnstaied.1638 R. Brathwait Spiritual Spicerie, etc. 398 Those poore objects wherewith my unstayed eyes were fed.(d)1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 161 To the gay gardins his vnstaid desire Him wholly caried, to refresh his sprights.1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. 179 Ethelbald..by the wise reproofe of godly Bishops brought From those vnstay'd delights by which his youth was caught. 3. Not settled or stable in opinion or resolve; not clearly determined or decided. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 5 That vnstayed and wandring opinion of the maiestie of God. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 121 If they had brought the old renowmed Reliques from Rome, some unstayed body would haue made question whether they had been Saints bones indeed. 1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 68 A priuate man vnsetled in opinion, is..troublesome and vse-lesse, but a publique person vnstayed, is dangerous. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 515 King Henry,..vnstayed in religious resolutions, did cut them off vpon false suggestions. a1750 A. Hill Muse to Writer viii While roving thus, uncenter'd and unstaid, I lik'd by turns, and did by turns refuse. 4. Liable to change or alter; uncertain. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. O3 Is there anye thing on earth so assured, that by vnstayed incertaintie is not continually guided? 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxvi. sig. Q4 Change is the great Lord of the World; Time is his Agent, that brings in all things to suffer his vnstaid Dominion. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. K7^v They frisque about in circulings unstay'd. Derivatives unˈstaidly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously unstaidly1556 fantastically1567 humorously1593 skittishly1598 fantasticly1599 garishly1606 humoursomely1653 whimsily1654 quirkishly1673 peevishlya1680 whimsically1711 fancifully1741 capriciously1746 flightily1780 erratically1861 tricksily1866 vagariously1892 quirkily1926 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 123 Nothing..vniustly, nothing wantonly, nothing vnstayedly is meete to be done. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxvii. 9) If wee were not shifted hither and thither unstayedly. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Incontinemment,..disorderedly, vnstayedly, immoderately. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1557
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