单词 | fool haste |
释义 | † fool hasten. Obsolete. Foolish or reckless haste; rashness. Often in proverbial phrases indicating that progress is best made by not rushing or acting rashly, as in fool-haste is no speed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > foolish or reckless foolhastinessc1390 fool hastea1393 swiftnessa1400 hastec1400 racklenessc1405 headlongness1556 precipitation1572 precipitancy1617 precipitance1629 precipitousnessa1660 precipitateness1671 precipitiousness1672 fool's haste1681 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1096 Contek..Folhast hath to his Chamberlein. 1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) 214 Sen fuil haist cummis not greatest speid. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 403 Fuill-haist [ed. 2 Fuil-haist] aye almaist aye, oresertis the sicht of some. 1673 W. Colvill Righteous Branch vi. 149 He that maketh hast that way to be rich, shall not be innocent; such fool-haste is no speed. 1707 J. Mapletoft Sel. Prov. 118 Fool haste is no speed. 1788 J. Lapraik Poems 18 Lads, laigh and clean, Fool haste was never speed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020). < n.a1393 |
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