rootfast
/ˈruːtfɑːst/ /ˈruːtfast/Now rare (chiefly poetic and archaic in later use)
adjective
Firmly held by the roots. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative : securely established; firmly fixed.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. From root + fast. Originally perhaps after early Scandinavian, although compare earthfast. In later use apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.
- waisted
- waist-high
- waistless
- waistline
- wait
- wait-a-bit
- wait-a-bit thorn
- wait and see
- Waitangi Day
- Waitangi, Treaty of
- Waite, Morrison Remick
- waiter
- wait for it
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- waiting
- waiting game
- waiting list
- waiting room
- wait list
- wait on (or upon)
- wait on someone hand and foot
- waitperson
- waitress
- waitressing
- waitron