desperate (desperat)

[= D. des per a at = G. Dan. Sw. desperat = OF. desperé = OSp. desperado = It. dis per a to, I am desperate of obtaining her. Shak . , T. G. of V., iii. 2. frantic. desperately (des'pe-rat-li), adv. 1. In a desperate manner; reckle ly; without fear or restraint. English, or be taken, desperately leaped into the Sea. The French, rather than to endure the Arrows of the Baker , Chronicles, p. 119. Ye all want money, and you are liberal captains, And in this want will talk a little desperately . Fletcher (and another ), False One, iii. 2. 2. Exce ively; violently; unrestrainedly. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. She fell desperately in love with him, and took a voyage into Sicily in pursuit of him. Add is on , desperatene (des'pe-rat-nes), n. Madne ; fury; rash precipitance; violence. You are too rash, you are too hot, Wild desperatene doth valour blot. Lust's Dominion , ii. 3. The foul elephantine leprosy, alleviated for an hour, reappears in new force and desperatene next hour. Carlyle.