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English
Noun
spede
- Obsolete spelling of speed.
1560, Peter Whitehorne, Machiavelli, Volume I:Those capitaines whiche come to faight a field, cannot stand behind a wal, or behind bankes, nor where thei maie not be reached: therfore it is mete for them, seyng thei cannot finde a waie to defende them, to finde some mean, by the whiche thei maie be least hurte: nor thei cannot finde any other waie, then to prevente it quickly: the waie to prevent it, is to go to finde it out of hande, and hastely, not at leasure and in a heape: for that through spede, the blowe is not suffered to bee redoubled, and by the thinnesse, lesse nomber of menne maie be hurt.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From the stage name of Finnish comedian Pertti Pasanen. See Spede. Compare uuno, hermanni.
Pronunciation
Noun
spede (colloquial)
- clown, fool (one that makes themselves an object of ridicule by acting stupidly)
- Synonyms: hermanni, pelle, typerys
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Derived terms
Middle English
Verb
spede
- first-person singular present indicative of speden
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
spēde
- inflection of spēd:
- nominative plural
- accusative singular/plural
- genitive/dative singular