festinate
Verb
- act or move at high speed
- To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
- To hurry, make haste.
- To accelerate, quicken, hasten, hurry (something or someone).
Adj
- Hurried, hasty.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1556; Borrowed from Latin festīnātus, perfect passive participle of festīnō (“to hurry”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Scrabble Score: 12
festinate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfestinate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
festinate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
festinate: valid Words With Friends Word