n. Stagy or exaggerated character or style; conventional theatricality. Also stageyness.
n. A certain stage or state of an animal; by implication, that-stage when the animal is out of condition, as when a fur-bearing animal is shedding.
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n. an artificial and mannered quality
Word Usage
"We do not object to a certain amount of what we call "staginess" on the stage -- it is a part of its art; as the pigment is part of that of the painter."