pre·cip·i·tous (pr -sp -t s)
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.
[Probably from obsolete precipitious, from Latin praecipitium, precipice; see precipice.]
pre·cip
i·tous·ly adv.
pre·cip
i·tous·ness n. |
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Mom has promised me that she will no longer climb onto the home's precipitous roof.
Mom has promised me that she will no longer climb onto the home's precipitous roof.
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