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PRECIPITOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Synonyms:
abruptness; precipitance; precipitancy; precipitateness; precipitousness; suddenness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("precipitousness" is a kind of...):
haste; hastiness; hurriedness; hurry; precipitation (overly eager speed (and possible carelessness))
Derivation:
precipitous (done with very great haste and without due deliberation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property possessed by a slope that is very steep
Synonyms:
abruptness; precipitousness; steepness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("precipitousness" is a kind of...):
gradient; slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal)
Derivation:
precipitous (extremely steep)
