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impetuosity

American  
[im-pech-oo-os-i-tee] / ɪmˌpɛtʃ uˈɒs ɪ ti /

noun

  • impetuosities
    plural
  1. the quality or condition of being impetuous.

  2. an impetuous action.


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Etymology

Origin of impetuosity

1575–85; < Late Latin impetuōs ( us ) impetuous + -ity

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Bellingham, for all the impetuosity that could - and should - have seen him sent off on Monday, is a generational talent, while Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly has demonstrated he is a natural at this level.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2025

The Friar is equally alert to the danger inherent in such impetuosity: “They stumble that run fast,” he cautions as the lovers hurtle toward the abyss.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2023

As Violetta’s lover, Alfredo, the agile tenor Dominick Chenes is suitably dashing and mercurial, well matched to Mpofu in strength and impetuosity.

From Seattle Times May 7, 2023

These people having no towns, all their wars are carried on with eagerness and impetuosity.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Nevertheless, he started personally on this expedition with his usual ferocity and impetuosity.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Aside from his own irritating impetuosities, Fiorello LaGuardia's worst handicap last week was the fact that for millions in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

John Richard Yoho, a young Annapolis-and-Pensacola-trained officer of the regular Navy, who understands the circuitous ways of bureaucracy, tempers these impetuosities.

From Time Magazine Archive

But for an elderly star left after supernova explosions and other impetuosities with more than several times the Sun’s mass, there are no forces known that can prevent collapse.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

A few million years ago, when human beings first evolved on Earth, it was already a middle-aged world, 4.6 billion years along from the catastrophes and impetuosities of its youth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Tragedies as unpremeditated as this had doubtless occurred, and inconsistencies in character shown themselves in similar impetuosities, from the beginning of time up till now.

From The Circular Study by Anna Katharine Green

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