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Webster 1913 Edition
Precipitous
1.
Steep, like a precipice;
as, a
. precipitous
cliff or mountain2.
Headlong;
as,
. precipitous
fall3.
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate;
as,
. precipitous
attemptsSir T. Browne.
“Marian’s low, precipitous ‘Hush!'” Mrs. Browning.
Pre-cip′i-tous-ly
, adv.
Pre-cip′i-tous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Precipitous
PRECIP'ITOUS
,Adj.
1.
Headlong; directly or rapidly descending; as a precipitous fall.2.
Hasty; rash; heady. Advice unsafe, precipitous and bold.
Definition 2024
precipitous
precipitous
English
Adjective
precipitous
- Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
- Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
- Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
- ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
- 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma, National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
Synonyms
- (steep): brant
Translations
steep, like a precipice
headlong
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