fast-handed

English

adj
Definitions
  • With hands that move very quickly.
  • Highly efficient at improvisation.
  • Sexually aggressive.
  • (obsolete) Greedy, miserly.

Etymology

Compound from English fast (fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly) + English handed.

Origin

English

handed

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