hasty, headlong
(adjective) excessively quick; âmade a hasty exitâ; âa headlong rush to sellâ
hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
(adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation; âhasty marriage seldom proveth wellâ- Shakespeare; âhasty makeshifts take the place of planningâ- Arthur Geddes; ârejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversionâ; âwondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the kingâ
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be âdancingâ after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatâs how the first coffee drink was born.
