tantivy
adv.
At full gallop; at top speed.
n.
1. A hunting cry.
2. A fast, furious gallop; top speed.
tantivy
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This will be a difficult one to treat here, I should imagine. It appears to have no etymology, so there's not much of a story to tell about it.
Any diggers out there who wish to delve the depths of the Internet and/or physical reference books? Chime in!
Any diggers out there who wish to delve the depths of the Internet and/or physical reference books? Chime in!
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According to the online dictionaries, it is imitative of the sound of galloping hooves or a hunting horn.
Wiktionary mentions an adverbial comparative "more tantivy" and superlative "most tantivy", which sound rather odd. I suppose one could use them poetically, e.g:
Each rider used his whip to spur and chivvy,
To urge his horse to gallop more tantivy.
Wiktionary mentions an adverbial comparative "more tantivy" and superlative "most tantivy", which sound rather odd. I suppose one could use them poetically, e.g:
Each rider used his whip to spur and chivvy,
To urge his horse to gallop more tantivy.
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