29 May 2018

hotspur

[hot-spur]

noun

1. an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.

Origin of hotspur

late Middle English

1425-1475; late Middle English; after Sir Henry Percy, to whom it was applied as a nickname

Related forms

hotspurred, adjective

Examples from the Web for hotspur

Contemporary Examples

hotspur : 
Why, so can I, or so can any man; 
But will they come when you do call for them?

The Contraception Fight
David Frum
February 9, 2012

Historical Examples

hotspur interrupts her by calling the servant and giving him orders.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris

One condition she insisted on, however, namely, that Arthur should be her hotspur.
Evenings at Donaldson Manor
Maria J. McIntosh

Anagram

posh rut
rush pot

Today’s quote

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

– Gilbert K. Chesterton

On this day

29 May 1874 – birth of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (otherwise known as G.K. Chesterton), English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer and Christian apologist. Died 14 June 1936.

29 May 1917 – birthday of John F. Kennedy. 35th president of the United States. Assassinated 22 November 1963.

29 May 1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, become the first men to reach the summit of Mt Everest.