a hasty temper
1Temper — Tem per, n. 1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar. [1913 Webster] 2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old… …
2Temper screw — Temper Tem per, n. 1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar. [1913 Webster] 2. Constitution of body; temperament;… …
3hasty — hastily, adv. hastiness, n. /hay stee/, adj., hastier, hastiest. 1. moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried. 2. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit. 3. unduly quick; precipitate; rash: a hasty decision. 4. brief; fleeting; …
4Hasty — Has ty (h[=a]s t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Hastier} ( t[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Hastiest}.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See {Haste}, n.] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch. [1913 Webster] 2 …
5Veljko Petrović — Hajduk Veljko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic Вељко Петровић) (ca. 1780 1813) was a Vojvoda of the First Serbian Uprising rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. He was born in Lenovac near Zajecar. In his youth Veljko Petrovic was a shepherd and a… …
6short-tempered — adjective quickly aroused to anger a hotheaded commander • Syn: ↑choleric, ↑irascible, ↑hotheaded, ↑hot tempered, ↑quick tempered • Similar to: ↑ill natured …
7Clement Scott — Clement Scott, from a copy of the Theatre magazine, aged about 40 Clement Scott (6 October 1841–1904) was an influential English theatre critic for the Daily Telegraph, and a playwright and travel writer, in the final decades of the 19th century …
8Foster Fyans — (1790 1870), soldier, penal administrator and public servant, was acting commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, the first police magistrate at Geelong, and commissioner of crown lands for the Portland Bay pastoral district …
9François de Négrier — General François Oscar de Négrier (1842–1913) was one of the most charismatic French generals of the Third Republic, winning fame in Algeria in the Sud Oranais campaign (1881) and in Tonkin during the Sino French War (August 1884–April 1885).… …
10short-tempered — /shawrt tem peuhrd/, adj. having a quick, hasty temper; irascible. [1885 90] Syn. irritable, testy, choleric, waspish. * * * …
