subitany
English
Etymology
See subitaneous.
Adjective
subitany (comparative more subitany, superlative most subitany)
- (obsolete) sudden; hasty
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
- This which I now have commented is very subitany, and I fear confused Mr. Bagley , who was by me all the time I wrote it, would not conceive, that the frequent discourses betwixt his little son and himself, could be an hinderance to me
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales
References
subitany in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913