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precipitious

precipitious is the obsolete form of precipitous.

Meaning of precipitous

Adjective

precipitous

  1. Steep, like a precipice
    • a precipitous cliff
    Synonyms:
    brant, steepdown, steep-to
  2. Headlong
    • a precipitous fall
  3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden
    • precipitous attempts
    Synonyms:
    heedless

Forms of precipitious

comparativemore precipitious
superlativemost precipitious

Origin of precipitious

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praecipitiōsus.

Questions about precipitious

What is precipitious the obsolete form of?
Precipitious is the obsolete form of precipitous.

Words near precipitious in the dictionary

  1. precipitin tests
  2. precipitinogen
  3. precipitinogenic
  4. precipitinogens
  5. precipitins
  6. precipitious
  7. precipitous
  8. precipitously
  9. precipitousness
  10. precipitron
  11. precipitrons

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