Hotspurred

Hotspurred
Hotspur Hot"spur`, Hotspurred Hot"spurred`, a. Violent; impetuous; headstrong. --Spenser. Peacham. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • hotspur — hotspurred, adj. /hot sperr /, n. an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead. [1425 75; late ME; after Sir Henry Percy, to whom it was applied as a nickname] * * * …   Universalium

  • Hotspur — Hot spur , Hotspurred Hot spurred , a. Violent; impetuous; headstrong. Spenser. Peacham. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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