Associations to the word «Precipitous»

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".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.