festination

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festination - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

festination - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  festination
      n 1: involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait
           that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease)