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précipité — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abrupt adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
  • precipitous adj Steep, like a precipice

Senses

précipité is used for these senses in English:

  • abrupt Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  • precipitous Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

abrupt — full definition

  1. adj Happening suddenly and without warning.
  2. adj Blunt or curt in manner, verging on rude.
  3. adj Very steep, as if broken off sharply.

precipitous — full definition

  1. adj Steep, like a precipice
  2. adj Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

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