'Precipitous' definitions:
Definition of 'precipitous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Definition of 'Precipitous'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'precipitous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Precipitous'
- Precipitability,
- Precipitable,
- Precipitance,
- Precipitancy,
- Precipitant,
- Precipitantly,
- Precipitantness,
- Precipitate,
- Precipitated,
- Precipitately,
- Precipitating,
- Precipitation,
- Precipitator,
- Precipitously,
- Precipitousness,
- precipitateness,
- Red precipitate,
- White precipitate,
- Yellow precipitate,
- acid precipitation,
- cottrell precipitator,
- electrostatic precipitation,
- electrostatic precipitator,
- precipitous steep,
- fusible white precipitate,
- infusible white precipitate,
- precipitate per se