hasty, headlong
(adjective) excessively quick; “made a hasty exit”; “a headlong rush to sell”
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
(adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; “hasty marriage seldom proveth well”- Shakespeare; “hasty makeshifts take the place of planning”- Arthur Geddes; “rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion”; “wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hasty (plural Hastys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hasty is the 5244th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6654 individuals. Hasty is most common among White (84.79%) and Black/African American (10.75%) individuals.
• sayth, yasht
hasty (comparative hastier, superlative hastiest)
acting in haste; being too hurried or quick
• sayth, yasht
Source: Wiktionary
Has"ty, a. [Compar. Hastier; superl. Hastiest.] Etym: [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]
1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. "Hasty employment." Shak.
3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
5.
Definition: Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper. Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak
6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] "As the hasty fruit before the summer." Is. xxviii. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
