FESTINATE

PRONUNCIATION: (verb: FES-tuh-nayt, adjective: -nayt, -nit)

MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: To hurry or hasten.
adjective: Hurried or hasty.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin festinare (to hasten). Earliest documented use: 1616.

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BESTINATE - won the pie-eating contest

FESTAINATE - to cover with rust-marks

FEISTINATE - jaw thrust out, easily offended, and spoiling for a fight; pugnacious