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“bustle” in Latin
festīnātiōAn instance of hastening or hurrying; haste, hurry, dispatch, speed.nimiusexcessive, too great, too much; beyond measuretrepidātiōagitation, confusion, trepidation; the act of trembling or twitchingpraeproperusoverhasty, sudden, precipitateraptimhastily, suddenly, speedily, hurriedlyfestīnōto hasten, make haste, hurry; pass swiftly; to accelerate, do or prepare hastily, make haste with something, hasten, hur
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bustle s.
hurry, festinatio: nimia or praepropera festinatio: trepidatio (anxious bustle). In a bustle, praepropere (Liv.): nimis festinanter: raptim: (as adj.) praeproperus, nimis festinans. To be in too great a bustle, in festinationibus nimias suscipere festinationes. To be in a bustle, festinare.
Tumult, confusion, Vid.
bustle v.
festinare: in festinationibus nrmias suscipere celeritates: festinantius agere. A bustling life, vita actuosa (Sen.). Vid: under BUSY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bustle?
- The usual Latin words for “bustle” are festīnātiō, nimius, trepidātiō; also praeproperus, raptim, festīnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.