stayedness

English

Etymology

stayed +‎ -ness

Noun

stayedness (uncountable)

1. (archaic) staidness
   • 1892, R. W. Ramsey, “Elizabeth Claypole”, in The English Historical Review:

     That is it which works up into patience, into innocency, into soberness, into stillness, into stayedness , into quietness up to God with his power.

2. (archaic) solidity; weight
   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     When substantialness combineth with delightfulness, and currentness with stayedness, how can the language sound other than most full of sweetness?