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festination|fɛstɪˈneɪʃən|
[ad. L. festīnātiōn-em, f. festīnāre: see festinate v.]
The action of the vb. festinate; haste, speed. Obs. or arch.
1540–1Elyot Image Govt. (1556) 86 To come..to Rome at his leisure, without festinacion or travayle. 1613–18Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 173 The solemnity with much festination, and little reuerence is performed. 1661K. W. Conf. Charac., Colledge Butler (1860) 71 He's a..Cervus in his speed and festination. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius viii. 177 The temerity of a blind festination.
b. spec. (Path.) Involuntary hurrying in walking, as observed in some nervous diseases.
1878A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 407 Any attempt at locomotion is attended by what has been called ‘festination’. |