ETYM Old Eng. hast; akin to Dutch haast, German, Dan., Swed., and OFries. hast, cf. Old Fren. haste, French hâte (of German origin); all perh. from the root of Eng. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. Related to Hate.
1. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); SYN. hastiness, hurry, hurriedness.
2. The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; SYN. hurry, rush, rushing.
A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; SYN. haste.
Precipitancy
ETYM Latin praecipitatio: cf. French précipitation.
In meteorology, water that falls to the Earth from the atmosphere. It includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, dew, and frost.
1. An unexpected acceleration or hastening.
2. The falling to earth of rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist; SYN. downfall.
3. The process of forming a chemical precipitate.
ETYM Old Eng. rusche, rische, resche, as. risce, akin to lg. rusk, risch, Dutch and German rusch; all probably from Latin ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, German rohr.
1. A sudden forceful flow; SYN. spate, surge, upsurge.
2. A sudden burst of activity.
ETYM as. spoed success, swiftness, from spoewan to succeed; akin to Dutch spoed, Old High Germ. spuot success, spuot to succees, Skr. sphâ to increase, grow fat.
1. A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; SYN. swiftness, fastness.
2. Changing location rapidly; SYN. speeding, hurrying, hastening.
3. Distance travelled per unit of time; SYN. velocity.
Prosperity; success.
ETYM Cf. French urgence.
1. Pressing importance requiring speedy action.
2. The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.