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precipitant

pre·cip·it·ant

precipitant · more precipitant · most precipitant

Inclined to make rapid decisions without due considerationInclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.

UK/prɪˈsɪpɪt(ə)nt/US/priˈsɪpətənt/

Значення

значень: 4

Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
(переносно)Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).

Ще визначення

done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Походження

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting hastily, hasty, rash; acting, happening, or moving rapidly; pressing”) (modern French précipitant), and from their etymon Late Latin praecipitans (“hasty, rash”), an adjective use of Latin praecipitāns, the present participle of praecipitō (“to cast down; to throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head first, headlong; (figurative) hasty, rash”) (from prae (“before; in front”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + -ceps (suffix meaning ‘having a head with specified characteristics’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“a head”))).

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