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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

praeceps

-cipitis

: cf. OF.

precipiteux

. See

Steep, like a precipice;

as, a

precipitous

cliff or mountain

Headlong;

as,

precipitous

fall

Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate;

as,

precipitous

attempts

Sir T. Browne.

“Marian’s low, precipitous ‘Hush!'”

Mrs. Browning.

–

Pre-cip′i-tous-ly

adv.

–

Pre-cip′i-tous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. proeceps.] Very steep; as a precipitous cliff or mountain.

Headlong; directly or rapidly descending; as a precipitous fall.

Hasty; rash; heady.

Advice unsafe, precipitous and bold.