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Precipitous

//pɹɪˈsɪpɪtəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Steep, like a precipice

    "a precipitous cliff"

  2. 2
    Headlong

    "a precipitous fall"

  3. 3
    Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

    "precipitous attempts"

Adjective
  1. 1
    dangerously steep wordnet
  2. 2
    done with very great haste and without due deliberation wordnet

Etymology

From obsolete French précipiteux, from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from prae + caput (“head”). Equivalent to precipice (“steep”) + -ous.

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