Dictionary

hastiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English hastynes; equivalent to hasty + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The characteristic of being hasty.
   • But before al of them were assembled to begin their sports, there came a fellow, who being out of breath (or seeming so to be for haste) with humble hastines told Basilius, that his Mistres, the Lady Cecropia, had sent him to excuse the mischance of her beastes ranging in that dãgerous sort, being happened by the folly of the keeper; […] c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

haste

Translations (7)

es desprevención (characteristic of being hasty) · fi kiireisyys (characteristic of being hasty) · bg припряност (characteristic of being hasty) · tr acelecilik (characteristic of being hasty) · es imprevisión (characteristic of being hasty) · bg прибързаност (characteristic of being hasty) · ar اِسْتِعْجَال (characteristic of being hasty)