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1. (adj.) precipitous
of the nature of a precipice:
a precipitous wall of rock.
2. precipitous
extremely steep:
precipitous mountain trails.
Etymology: (1640–50; < F précipiteux (now obs.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
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 they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
2. (adj) abrupt, precipitous, sharp
extremely steep
"an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) precipitous
steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain
2. (adj) precipitous
headlong; as, precipitous fall
3. (adj) precipitous
hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts
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Sense: very steep.
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 Afrikaans: steil |
 Arabic: شَديد الإنْحِدار |
 Bulgarian: много стръмен |
 Brazilian: escarpado |
 Czech: strmý |
 German: jäh |
 Danish: stejl |
 Greek: κατακόρυφος |
 Spanish: escarpado |
 Estonian: järsk |
 Farsi: پر شیب |
 Finnish: äkkijyrkkä |
 French: escarpé |
 Hebrew: תָּלוּל |
 Hindi: प्रपाती |
 Croatian: vrlo strm |
 Hungarian: meredek |
 Indonesian: terjal |
 Icelandic: þverhníptur |
 Italian: ripido |
 Japanese: 切りたった |
 Korean: 깎아지른 듯한 |
 Lithuanian: status, skardingas |
 Latvian: kraujš; stāvs |
 Malay: terjal |
 Dutch: steil |
 Norwegian: svært bratt |
 Polish: urwisty |
 Persian: پر از فراز و نشيب، سرازير |
 Pashto: هسك او ټيټ، سراسيمه |
 Portuguese: escarpado |
 Romanian: abrupt |
 Russian: отвесный |
 Slovak: strmý |
 Slovenian: strm |
 Serbian: strm |
 Swedish: tvärbrant, bråddjup |
 Thai: ชันมาก |
 Turkish: çok dik, uçurumlu |
 Taiwanese: 陡峭的 |
 Ukrainian: стрімкий; крутий |
 Urdu: بہت زيادہ ڈھلوان |
 Vietnamese: dốc đứng |
 Chinese: 陡峭的 |
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