verb
- moved or acted with excessive haste or urgency; hurried in an uncontrolled or involuntary manner
Usage: medical/neurological: often describes a symptom in Parkinson's disease where a person's gait involuntarily accelerates; formal or technical register
Examples
- The patient festinated across the room, unable to control the quickening pace of his steps.
- She festinated through her speech, speaking faster and faster as anxiety took over.
- His gait festinated as the neurological condition progressed.
- The runner festinated toward the finish line in a final burst of speed.
- Without meaning to, he festinated his words, making them difficult to understand.