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Added 9 October 2026

hasty

/ˈheɪsti/ adjective

In Latin: festīnus, properus Wiktionary

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Acting or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it.
Made in haste.
Ripening or coming to maturity early.

Origin

From Middle English hasty, of obscure origin. Likely a new formation in Middle English equivalent to haste + -y, found as in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian hâstich, Middle Dutch haestich (> Dutch haastig (“hasty”)), Middle Low German hastich (“hasty”), German hastig, Danish hastig, Swedish hastig (“hasty”)); otherwise possibly representing an assimilation to the foregoing of Middle English hastive, hastif (> English hastive), from Old French hastif (Modern French hâtif), from Frankish *haifst (“violence”), ultimately of the same Germanic origin.

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