Dictionary

hastish en · ADJ

Etymology

From haste + -ish.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) hasty; impetuous
   • The landlady […] did not think proper to give any offence; for, though she was not without some concern for the confinement of poor Sophia, of whose great sweetness of temper and affability the maid of the house had made so favourable a report, which was confirmed by all the squire’s servants, yet she had much more concern for her own interest than to provoke one, whom, as she said, she perceived to be a very hastish kind of a gentleman. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

Forms