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staid

/sˈteɪd/STAYD
/sˈteɪd/STAYD

Meaningto make steady

Common meaning: settled, sober and serious

Journey through time

  1. Englishstay‘to make steady’source
  2. Early English spellingstay'dsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto make steady → settled, sober and seriousstaid‘settled, sober and serious’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on English stay ‘to make steady’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STAID, p. 589 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • stay English “to make steady”

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