festinate

English edit

WOTD – 15 June 2008

Etymology edit

From Latin festīnātus; festina lente (make haste slowly).

Pronunciation edit

(verb) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.tɪˌneɪt/
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(adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstɪnət/
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Verb edit

festinate (third-person singular simple present festinates, present participle festinating, simple past and past participle festinated)

(medicine) To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
(obsolete) To hurry.

Translations edit

to hurry

Macedonian: вјаса (vjasa), ита (ita)

Adjective edit

festinate (comparative more festinate, superlative most festinate)

(obsolete) Hurried, hasty.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
  Advise the Duke where you are going, to a most festinate preparation.

Derived terms edit

festinately

Translations edit

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Latin: festīnus, festīnātus

Latin edit

Verb edit

festīnāte

second-person plural present active imperative of festīnō

Spanish edit

Verb edit

festinate

second-person singular voseo imperative of festinar combined with te