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precipitousness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Precipitous  \Pre*cip"i*tous\,  a.  [L.  praeceps  -cipitis:  cf  OF 
  precipiteux  See  {Precipice}.] 
  1.  Steep,  like  a  precipice;  as  a  precipitous  cliff  or 
  mountain. 
 
  2.  Headlong;  as  precipitous  fall. 
 
  3.  Hasty;  rash;  quick;  sudden;  precipitate;  as  precipitous 
  attempts.  --Sir  T.  Browne.  ``Marian's  low  precipitous 
  `Hush!'''  --Mrs.  Browning.  --  {Pre*cip"i*tous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Pre*cip"i*tous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  precipitousness 
  n  :  the  property  possessed  by  a  slope  that  is  very  steep  [syn:  {abruptness}, 
  {steepness}]  [ant:  {gradualness}] 




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