precipitatenessn.
/prᵻˈsɪpᵻtətnəs/, U.S. /priˈsɪpədətnəs/, /prəˈsɪpədətnəs/ The quality or state of being precipitate; hastiness, rashness. Also: steepness, precipitousness (rare).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > foolish or reckless
foolhastinessc1390
fool hastea1393
swiftnessa1400
hastec1400
racklenessc1405
headlongness1556
precipitation1572
precipitancy1617
precipitance1629
precipitousnessa1660
precipitateness1671
precipitiousness1672
fool's haste1681
1671 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. Christs Church Dublin 18 It is but precipitateness for any man to oppose himself..defenceless against armed violence.
c1671 L. Hutchinson Mem. (1806) 341 Cromwell seem'd to receive this honest plainnesse with the greatest affection that could be, and acknowledg'd his precipitatenesse in some things.
1716 J. Oldmixon Mem. of Ireland 39 The Duke of Ormond told a Friend of his, That nothing could save the English, but the Precipitateness of the Irish.
1774 J. Andrews Hist. Revol. Denmark I. 163 He became sensible of the precipitateness of his conduct; and determined to rectify it without delay.
1840 T. S. Fay Ctess. Ida I. i. 12 Affairs may be hurried on with a precipitateness dangerous to the peace of Europe.
1903 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 35 53 Both these lakes..are bordered by very high ridges, which rise with unusual precipitateness from their margins.
1927 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 7 193 The exodus was robbed of some of its precipitateness, if not some of its radicalness.
1985 J. M. Roberts Triumph of West xi. 333 British arrogance and precipitateness led to the declaration by the Chinese government of..the ‘Opium Wars’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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