Definitions for impetuous
ɪmˈpɛtʃ u əsim·petu·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainishadjective

   characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation

   "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

2. impetuousadjective

   marked by violent force

   "impetuous heaving waves"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. impetuousadjective

   Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.

2. impetuousadjective

   Characterized by sudden and violent force.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. IMPETUOUSadjective

   Etymology: impetueux, Fr. from impetus, Latin.

   1. Violent; forcible; fierce.

   Their virtue, like their Tyber's flood,
   Rolling its course, design'd their country's good;
   But oft the torrent's too impetuous speed,
   From the low earth tore some polluted weed. Matthew Prior.

   2. Vehement; passionate.

   The king, 'tis true, is noble, but impetuous. Nicholas Rowe.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Impetuousadjective

   rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent

2. Impetuousadjective

   vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Impetuous

   im-pet′ū-us, adj. rushing upon with impetus or violence: vehement in feeling: passionate.—adv. Impet′uously.—ns. Impet′uousness, Impetuos′ity.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impetuous

   Rushing with force and violence, moving with impetus, furious, forcible; as, the troops went pouring forward with impetuous speed.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of impetuous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of impetuous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of impetuous in a Sentence

1. James Madison:

   The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.

2. Todd Fisher:

   They had an impetuous affair and I was aware of it — not in any huge detail because it was n’t that big of a thing, it was n’t like it was such an ongoing thing. But Carrie Fisher had sworn me to secrecy on it, and no one had ever said anything to my mother.

3. Alexander Hamilton:

   Power may be justly compared to a great river while kept within its bounds it is both beautiful and useful, but when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemmed it bears down all before it, and brings destruction and desolation wherever it goes.

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