subitany

English

Etymology

See subitaneous.

Adjective

subitany (comparative more subitany, superlative most subitany)

1. (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

References

“subitany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.