unstayedness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

unstayed +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

unstayedness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of restraint; impulsiveness.
    • 1780, Robert Barclay (the Elder), An apology for the true Christian divinity (page 358)
      […] and have true desires thus to wait upon him, and find great difficulty through the unstayedness of their minds […]
    • 1858, John Timbs, School-days of Eminent Men, page 109:
      Other fathers, if they perceive any wildness or unstayedness in their children, […]
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