单词 | over-haste |
释义 | over-hasten. Excessive haste; (also occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > excessive haste over-hastea1425 over-hastiness1571 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 972 But if drerinesse Or overhaste oure bothe labour shende. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §525 We would not have [readers]..account it strange or thinke that it is an over-haste. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins II. i. 7 With Over-haste to do more than one thing at once, I even left undone, what I might have done. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xiii. 252 I already feel, even in anticipation, that over-haste would light the flames of hell in my bosom. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 89 I escaped with a wounded hand, caused by over-haste. 1933 Biometrika 25 223 The coordinatograph and the cranial staddle are made relatively heavy, so that they may not be moved too quickly either by over-haste or accident. 1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 231 At the same moment, with the same combination of deliberation yielding to overhaste,..we exchanged a kiss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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