Festinate: \FES-tuh-neyt\
Verb
- to hurry; hasten.
Adjective
- hurried.
Quotes
Move—move—move! Put some order on things! Come on, Sarah—hide that bucket. Whose are these slates? Somebody take these dishes away. Festinate! Festinate!
— Brian Friel, Translations, 1980
Origin
Festinate descends from the Latin verb festīnāre of the same meaning. It entered English around 1600.
