precipitous

pre·cip·i·tous  (pr-sp-ts)

adj.

1. Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. See Synonyms at steep¹.

2. Having several precipices: a precipitous bluff.

3. Usage Problem Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate: "The change has included a precipitous collapse of Communist authority" (New York Times). See Usage Note at precipitate.

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[Probably from obsolete precipitious, from Latin praecipitium, precipice; see precipice.]

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pre·cipi·tous·ly adv.

pre·cipi·tous·ness n.

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precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs]

adj

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) resembling a precipice or characterized by precipices

2. very steep

3. hasty or precipitate

precipitously  adv

precipitousness  n

Usage: The use of precipitous to mean hasty is thought by some people to be incorrect

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precipitous, precipitate - Precipitous, "hasty, sudden and dramatic," is used in relation to physical or natural objects; precipitate, "done with great haste," relates to human actions or processes.

See also related terms for hasty.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	precipitous - done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, hasty hurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"
	2.	precipitous - extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" abrupt, sharp steep - having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"

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precipitous

adjective

1. sheer, high, steep, dizzy, abrupt, perpendicular, falling sharply a steep, precipitous cliff

2. hasty, sudden, hurried, precipitate, abrupt, harum-scarum the stock market's precipitous drop

Translations

precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] ADJ

1. (= steep) → escarpado, cortado a pico

2. (= hasty) → precipitado, apresurado

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precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] adj

(= steep) [cliff] → abrupt(e), à pic

(= sudden) [rise, drop] → vertigineux/euse

(= hasty) [decision] → précipité(e)

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precipitous

adj

(= steep) → steil

(= hasty) → überstürzt

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precipitous [prɪˈsɪpɪtəs] adj (slope, path) → a precipizio; (decision, action) → precipitoso/a

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precipitous precipice