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præcipice

præcipice is the obsolete form of precipice.

Meaning of precipice

Noun

precipice (plural precipices)

  1. A very steep cliff.
    • I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent[…]1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) The brink of a dangerous situation.
    • to stand on a precipice
  3. (obsolete) A headlong fall or descent.

Forms of præcipice

pluralpræcipices

Questions about præcipice

What is præcipice the obsolete form of?
Præcipice is the obsolete form of precipice.

Words near præcipice in the dictionary

  1. præceptor
  2. præceptors
  3. præcepts
  4. præcinct
  5. præcincts
  6. præcipice
  7. præcipices
  8. præcipitate
  9. præcipitated
  10. præcipitates
  11. præcipitating

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