† fool-hasty, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 foolhastif, 7 foolhastie
[a. OF. fol hastif, comb. of fol fool a. and hastif hasty; cf. prec. and foolhardy.]
Foolishly hasty, precipitate.
| 1393 Gower Conf. I. 334 The man whiche is malicious And foolhastif, full ofte he falleth. 1600 Holland Livy xxii. xli. 458 The audaciousnesse of the foolhastie Consull. |
Hence † fool-hastiness.
| 13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxii. 617 Fool⁓hastines. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 99 Fool hastifnesse. |