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precipitancy

[ pri-sip-i-tuhn-see ]

noun

, plural pre·cip·i·tan·cies.
  1. the quality or state of being precipitant.
  2. headlong or rash haste.
  3. precipitancies, hasty or rash acts.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of precipitancy1

First recorded in 1610–20; precipit(ant) + -ancy
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Example Sentences

To avoid any inconvenience or precipitancy, the plan would not come into operation until the 1st of January, 1846.

The disorder of his apparel and the perspiration that covered his brow bespoke the precipitancy of his return.

An act of so much precipitancy and presumption would seal the downfall of precocious intellect forever.

They were soon joined by the main body, which now retreated with precipitancy.

Yet she would have gone on to his house, had there not been one reason too many against such precipitancy.

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