Dictionary Entry
precipitous
precipitous is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
- 2adjective
Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
- 3adjective
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
- 4adjective
extremely steep
"an abrupt canyon"
"the precipitous rapids of the upper river"
- 5adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"
"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"
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