stayless

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adjective

Without stays (the item of clothing).

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Meanings

adjectivestayless (comparative more stayless, superlative most stayless)

comparative more stayless · superlative most stayless

  1. Without stays (the item of clothing).
  2. Without stays (nautical)
  3. Without stays (e.g. on a boiler)
  4. archaicWithout stop or delay.

    1559, William Baldwin (attributed) " […] Richard Neuill of Earle of Warwicke […] ", in The Mirror for Magistrates Among the heauy heape of happy knightes, Whome fortune stald vpon her staylesse stage

Origin

From stay + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

stayless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stayless

MLA

“stayless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stayless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stayless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stayless.

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