[f. STAY sb.2 + -ED2.] Provided with stays. Also Stayed-up.
1819. Metropolis, III. 174. A fourth stayed, and, perhaps, painted, male, smiles, [etc.].
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 16 Feb., 5/1. A stayed-up woman affected their impressionable and well-educated eyes as something monstrously ugly and absurd. Japanese dress is beautiful and so easy.
