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Definition of Staginess
1. Noun. An artificial and mannered quality.
Generic synonyms: Artificiality
Derivative terms: Stagy, Theatrical, Theatrical
Definition of Staginess
1. Noun. The state or quality of being stagy. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being stagy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Staginess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staginess
Literary usage of Staginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1920)
"And they hire stage actors to show off their staginess on the screen—staginess
that is a thousand times more stagy because its back- ..."
2. A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1920)
"And they hire stage actors to show off their staginess on the screen—staginess
that is a thousand times more stagy because its bark- ..."
3. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, David Starr Jordan, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, (1898)
"... np the threatened deficiency—seals were killed until the advanced staginess
of the skins put a stop to it, as proven by the fact that in the last drive, ..."
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