meaning of precipitous

1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
2.
Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
3.
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
4.
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp ">drop"


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