Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. synonym: steep.
- adjective Having several precipices.
- adjective Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Headlong; descending rapidly, or rushing onward.
- Steep; like a precipice; consisting of precipices: as, precipitous cliffs.
- Hasty; rash; precipitate.
- Hastily appearing or passing; sudden.
- Synonyms and See. precipitate, a.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Steep, like a precipice.
- adjective Headlong.
- adjective Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Steep , like aprecipice ; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. - adjective
Headlong ; as, precipitous fall. - adjective
Hasty ;rash ;quick ;sudden ;precipitate ; as, precipitous attempts.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- adjective extremely steep
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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When I left the family home in a blaze of anger and anxiety, I took what I call precipitous action.
Steven Crandell: For Men Who Have Everything, Including a Broken Heart -- Thoughts on Surviving Separation #3 Beware Precipitous Action Steven Crandell 2010
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