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English
Etymology
See subitaneous.
Adjective
subitany (comparative more subitany, superlative most subitany)
- (obsolete) Sudden; hasty.
1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:This which I now have commented is very subitany, and I fear confused Mr. Bagley , who was by me all the time I wrote it, would not conceive, that the frequent discourses betwixt his little son and himself, could be an hinderance to me
References
“subitany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.