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hastiness|ˈheɪstɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being hasty.
†1. Quickness, swiftness, rapidity; suddenness.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 256 Þi manace..in hastynes suorn. c1440Promp. Parv. 229/1 Hastynesse, idem quod Haaste. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 2 The shortnes..of thys lyfe, the hastynes of dethe. 1591Sparry tr. Catton's Geomancie 24 All hastinesse and swiftnesse is appointed vnto {male} and ☿.
2. Undue quickness; precipitancy; hurriedness.
c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋167 (Harl.) Ȝe moste also dryue out of ȝour herte hastynes [4 MSS. hastifnesse]..For..þe comune prouerbe is þis; þat he þat soone demeth soone repentith. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 88 Hastinesse of speche maketh men to erre. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 28 That people with a certaine hote hastinesse, brake out oftentimes to seke them idols. 1641Baker Apol. Laymen 189 Oh the wonderfull dammage that is incurred by hastinesse and precipitancy. 1751–73Jortin Eccl. Hist. (R.), Epiphanius was made up of hastiness and credulity. 1888Academy 21 Jan. 49/1 Hastiness of execution.
3. Quickness of temper; tendency to sudden anger or irritation, passion.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 474 He acorsede alle thulke men..That of an false preste ne abbe eke him nouȝt. That word he sede ofte in hastinesse. c1430Life St. Kath. (Gibbs MS.) 77 He waxed nyȝe wood by hedy hastynesse. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 110 Hastynesse or irefulnesse. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 105 Thair ouir haistines, and ouer bent to reuenge. 1749Fielding Tom Jones Wks. 1775 III. 73 You have a little too much hastiness in your temper. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. v. 73 Laud..had the bluntness and hastiness of a monastic character.
†b. A fanciful name for a ‘company’ of cooks.
c1491Caxton Bk. Curtesye (ed. 2) finis, A Hastynes of cookes. |