precipitous

[pre·cip·i·tous]

A sharp, steep drop whether it's in a stock price, a roller coaster, or a star's popularity could be described as a precipitous one. Put simply, precipitous means perilously steep.

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Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

Adjective S.
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

Adjective S.
characterized by precipices; "a precipitous bluff"

Adjective S.
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


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Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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Headlong; as, precipitous fall.

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Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.


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 'bfHush!'" Mrs. Browning. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.

Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

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