staid /steɪd/ adjective2 •Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.Put thy selfe / Into a hauiour of lesse feare, ere wildnesse / Vanquish my stayder Senses. — 1611 •(rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.'Tis not age or height alone / Can secure the staidest throne / From the reach of Change or Death,— […] — 1814 formsstaider · staidest