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Definitions for precipitancy
pre·cip·i·tan·cy
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Princeton's WordNet
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddennessnoun
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Wiktionary
precipitancynoun
Suddenness; excessive haste.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Precipitance, Precipitancynoun
Rash haste; headlong hurry.
Etymology: from precipitant.
Thither they haste with glad precipitance. John Milton.
’Tis not likely that one of a thousand such precipitancies should be crowned with so unexpected an issue. Joseph Glanvill.
As the chymist, by catching at it too soon, lost the philosophical elixir, so precipitancy of our understanding is an occasion of error. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.
We apply present remedies according unto indications, respecting rather the acuteness of disease and precipitancy of occasion, than the rising or setting of stars. Brown.
Hurried on by the precipitancy of youth, I took this opportunity to send a letter to the secretary. Gulliver’s Travels.
A rashness and precipitance of judgment, and hastiness to believe something on one side or the other, plunges us into many errors. Isaac Watts, Logick.
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precipitancy
Precipitancy refers to the quality of acting quickly, hastily, or rashly without careful consideration or thought. It often implies a certain degree of recklessness or impulsiveness.
Webster Dictionary
Precipitancynoun
the quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth
Etymology: [From Precipitant.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of precipitancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of precipitancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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