unstaidnessn.
1. Absence of staidness in conduct or opinion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 25 For ie clense ye outward part of ye cup..but ye insijd is ful of robri and vnstaidnes.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxviii. 227 That we must not defile our selues with any vnchastitie or vnstayednesse.
1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. v. 41 Nothing hinders thee..But Luxurie. That doth seduce thy weake Unstayednesse.
1675 R. Barclay Apol. Quakers xi. §8. 358 The unstayedness of their Minds.
1828 E. Irving Last Days 326 The former [trait] expressing haste, precipitancy, and unstayedness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > tottering > quality of being tottering or unstable
unstaidnessa1586
unsteadiness1611
labascencya1656
wobbliness1861
shauchliness1887
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ix. f. 38 With a kind of shaking vnstayednes ouer all his body.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vii. 59 When..the orifice by the vnstaidnes of the Farriers hand, is made too great.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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