单词 | hastiveness |
释义 | † hastivenessn. Obsolete. Hastiness, rashness; (also) anger, quickness of temper. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [noun] hastinessc1325 melancholya1375 hastivenessa1393 hastivessa1393 rese?a1400 hastivitya1500 fumishness1519 choler1530 firishness1568 cholericness1571 waspishness1593 fieriness1625 irascibility1750 parlousness1755 temper1828 provocability1834 quickness1863 tempersomeness1909 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > undue > causing hastivenessa1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 435 Of contek and folhastifnesse He hath a riht gret besinesse. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 3158 If any man mad pleynt of clerk for hastiuenesse. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §165 Ye moste also dryue out of youre herte hastifnesse, for certes ye may nat deme for þe beste a sodeyn thoght þt falleth in youre herte, but ye moste auyse yow on it ful ofte. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 193 Suche werke haue we for to leede wherynne needith more awaytinge wysdome..than hastiuenesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018). < n.a1393 |
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