unstayedness

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English

Etymology

From unstayed +‎ -ness.

Noun

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, []