单词 | hasteling |
释义 | † hastelingn. Obsolete. A person who acts with excessive speed or insufficient consideration. ΚΠ ?1577 Misogonus i. iii, in R. W. Bond Early Plays from Ital. (1911) 190 I knowe yow of olde yow are none of ye hastlinges. 1629 J. Gaule Distractions 203 Haue after the Hastling; nay haue at him with an encounter as resolute, as speedy. 1658 R. Baxter Confirmation & Restauration ix. 182 They must be seasonably and solemnly transplanted, when they are ripe and ready, and not before. Truly our mercifull hastlings do but yoake untamed bullocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1577 |
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