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Precipice

//ˈpɹɛsɪpɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very steep cliff.

    "I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent[…]"

  2. 2
    a very steep cliff wordnet
  3. 3
    The brink of a dangerous situation. figuratively

    "to stand on a precipice"

  4. 4
    A headlong fall or descent. obsolete

Etymology

First attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).

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