unstayedness

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, […]