precipitant
Inclined to make rapid decisions without due considerationInclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
Meaning
4 sensesInclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
(figuratively)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”).
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Origin
The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“actingThe 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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Forms
more precipitant, most precipitant| Comparative | more precipitant Lesson |
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| Superlative | most precipitant Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
47 synonyms- done with very great haste and without due deliberation:hastyoverhastyprecipitateprecipitous
Antonyms
42 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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