The quality or state of being festinant; hurried action or hasty behavior; the rushing or accelerating of speech or movement.
From Latin 'festinans' (hastening), the '-ance' suffix creates a noun describing the state or quality of rushing; used in medicine and neurology to describe involuntary acceleration.
In neurology, 'festinance' describes a specific symptom where someone involuntarily starts walking or talking faster and faster—it's actually a sign of Parkinson's disease, showing how medical terminology borrows from Latin to describe precise symptoms.
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