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adjective done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes
adjective extremely steep
originFrom oblique stem of Latin praeceps, praecipit- + -ous, from obsolete French précipiteux, from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus, from praecipitō, from praeceps, praecipit- + -ō, from prae- (“before”) + caput (“head”). Equivalent to precipice (“steep cliff, brink”) + -ous.
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