stayedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From stayed + -ness.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) staidness
That is it which works up into patience, into innocency, into soberness, into stillness, into stayedness , into quietness up to God with his power.
1892, R. W. Ramsey, “Elizabeth Claypole”, in The English Historical Review:
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(archaic, uncountable) solidity; weight
When substantialness combineth with delightfulness, and currentness with stayedness, how can the language sound other than most full of sweetness?
1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC: