Festination

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Festination \Fes`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. festinatio.]
     Haste; hurry. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  festination
       n : involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that
           occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)