Middle English Dictionary Entry
impetuositẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | impetuositẹ̄ n. Also impetuouste. |
| Etymology | OF impetüosité |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Violent movement, rushing.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)46a/b : Þe vtilite whi þat þe arteries ascenden is be cause þat þe impetuosite off þe blode schulde be refreined in þe passing vppe of arteries.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.57,59 : The cause may be assignede that impetuosites [L impetus] of floedes in the backe of hit constreyne the see Eusyne to floenge continualle, and Elesponte deriuate so ferre from the occean may not returne ageyne that huge impetuosite [L impetum].
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)148b/b : And if þe blood passe out wiþ greet impetuouste out of o place þat þou maist se, as out of a veyne, þanne holde þi fyngir vpon þat place.