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præcipice

præcipice

English

Noun

præcipice (plural præcipices)

  1. Obsolete form of precipice.
    • 1632–1633, Shackerley Marmion, A Fine Companion, in The Dramatic Works of Shackerley Marmion (William Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co.), page 124:
      Nay, sir, ’tis as I told you :—you may as soon recall an arrow when ’tis flying, or a stone from præcipice, as reclaim him.

French

Noun

præcipice m (plural præcipices)

  1. Obsolete form of precipice.