Pronounced: GRAH-vuhd, adj
Notes: Not a word I’ve heard of
Yesterday’s word
The word festinate, as a verb, means “to hurry; to hasten”. As an adjective, it means “hurried; hasty”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
I thought our word was somehow related to “fester”, but it isn’t. It came from the Latin word festinare (to hasten).
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 