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English Dictionary: precipitous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for precipitous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precipitous adj 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" Synonym(s): hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" Synonym(s): abrupt, precipitous, sharp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precipitous \Precip"itous\, a. [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF. precipiteux. See {Precipice}.] 1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. 2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall. 3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts. --Sir T. Browne. [bd]Marian's low, precipitous [bf]Hush!'[b8] --Mrs. Browning. -- {Precip"itously}, adv. -- {Precip"itousness}, n.