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Webster 1913 Edition


Festination

Fesˊti-na′tion

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Noun.
[L.
festinatio
.]
Haste; hurry.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Festination

FESTINA'TION

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Noun.
Haste. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


festination

festination

English

Noun

festination (plural festinations)

  1. The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
  2. An involuntary quickening of speech in some speech disorders.

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