Obs. [ad. Fr. faste, ad. L. fastus.] Arrogance, pompousness.
1673. Phil. Trans., VIII. 6027. He examines … the Fast and Gravity of the Spanish language.
1762–71. H. Walpole, Vertue’s Anecd. Paint., i. Wks. 1798, III. 27. Perhaps the generous sentiment implied in his motto … contained more true glory than all the Fast couched under Louis’s [XIV.] emblem of the sun.
