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hastish

hastish adjective: hasty; impetuous.

Adjective

hastish (comparative more hastish, superlative most hastish)

  1. (obsolete, rare) hasty; impetuous
    • The landlady […] did not think proper to give any offence; for, though she was not without some concern for the confinement of poor Sophia, of whose great sweetness of temper and affability the maid of the house had made so favourable a report, which was confirmed by all the squire’s servants, yet...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Forms of hastish

comparativemore hastish
superlativemost hastish

Origin of hastish

From haste + -ish.

Questions about hastish

What does hastish mean?
Hastish means hasty; impetuous.
What part of speech is hastish?
Hastish is an adjective.

Words near hastish in the dictionary

  1. Hastings County
  2. Hastings Point
  3. hastingsite
  4. hastingsites
  5. hastingsitic
  6. hastish
  7. hastite
  8. Haston
  9. Hastons
  10. Hasts
  11. hasty

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