Difference between revisions of "Haste"
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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hǣst'' [[violence]] | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hǣst'' [[violence]] | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1: rapidity of [[motion]] : swiftness | *1: rapidity of [[motion]] : swiftness |
Latest revision as of 00:48, 13 December 2020
Origin
Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hǣst violence
Definitions
- 1: rapidity of motion : swiftness
- 2: rash or headlong action : precipitateness <the beauty of speed uncontaminated by haste — Harper's>
- 3: undue eagerness to act