precipitous
Adjective Satellite
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes
- extremely steep
- "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
- "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"
Adj
- Steep, like a precipice
- Headlong
- Hasty; rash; quick; sudden
Examples
- a precipitous cliff
- a precipitous decline
- a precipitous drop
- a precipitous fall
- a precipitous mountain
- precipitous attempts
Origin / Etymology
From obsolete French précipiteux, from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from prae + caput (“head”). Equivalent to precipice (“steep”) + -ous.
Synonyms
abrupt, hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, sharp, brant, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, reckless, steep-to, steepdown, subitaneous, sudden
Scrabble Score: 17
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