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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of precipitancy¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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