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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
precipitous
adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty
makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for
reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather
precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
2: extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids
of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese
paintings"; "a sharp drop" [syn: abrupt, precipitous,
sharp]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Precipitous \Pre*cip"i*tous\, a. [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF.
precipiteux. See Precipice.]
1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or
mountain.
[1913 Webster]
2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous
attempts. --Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous
`Hush!'" --Mrs. Browning.
[1913 Webster] -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. --
Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for precipitous:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
abrupt, accident-prone, acclivitous, arduous, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, declivitous, desperate, devil-may-care, electrifying, furious, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, mad, nerve-shattering, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous, panting, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitant, precipitate, quick, rapid, rash, reckless, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, rushing, sharp, sheer, shocking, sideling, slap-bang, slapdash, speedy, startling, steep, stickle, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, sudden, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, up-and-down, vertical, wanton, wild |
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Common Misspellings > |
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