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单词 staidness
释义

staidness

English

Etymology

staid + -ness

Noun

staidness (usually uncountable, plural staidnesses)

  1. The state or characteristic of being staid.
    • 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches of Boz, ch. 7:
      It is difficult to say whether Mr. John Dounce's red countenance, illuminated as it was by the flickering gas-light in the window before which he paused, excited the lady's risibility, or whether a natural exuberance of animal spirits proved too much for that staidness of demeanour which the forms of society rather dictatorially prescribe.
    • 1887, Charlotte M. Yonge, Under the Storm, ch. 22:
      [T]here was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance.

Anagrams

  • disassent
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