Associations to the word «Precipitous»
Noun
- Coast
- Goat
- Crest
- Mule
- Wild
- Top
- Broad
- Vegetation
- Sierra
- Horseback
- Mesa
- Jungle
- Pass
- Width
- Peninsula
- Ditch
- Basin
- Cove
- Volcano
- Range
- Withdrawal
- Moor
- Camel
- Fell
- River
- Terrace
- Traveller
- Loch
- Horseman
- Fern
- Fall
- Cave
- Ice
- Grass
- Falling
- Cloud
- Vicinity
- Canon
- Castle
- Stretch
- Spot
- Dwelling
- Outline
- Difficulty
- Sand
- Rolling
- Mount
- Sheep
- Wide
- Distance
- Tree
- Divide
- Brook
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
Dictionary definition
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. 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".
PRECIPITOUS, adjective. Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop".
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