hasty
Meaning
Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick
Synonyms
fret and fume
inconsiderare
indian pudding
desperate,
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈheɪsti/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English hasty, of obscure origin. Likely a new formation in Middle English equivalent to haste + -y, found as in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian hâstich, Middle Dutch haestich (> Dutch haastig (“hasty”)), Middle Low German hastich (“hasty”), German hastig, Danish hastig, Swedish hastig (“hasty”)); otherwise possibly representing an assimilation to the foregoing of Middle English hastive, hastif (> English hastive), from Old French hastif (Modern French hâtif), from Frankish *haifst (“violence”), of same ultimate origin.
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