precipitancy as a noun: - 1
precipitancy
noun
1 precipitancy
The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness.
Roget 684:
haste,
urgency;
despatch,
dispatch;
acceleration,
spurt,
spirt†,
forced march,
rush,
dash;
speed,
velocity
etc.
274;
precipitancy,
precipitation,
precipitousness
etc.
adj.;
impetuosity;
brusquerie†;
hurry,
drive,
scramble,
bustle,
fuss,
fidget,
flurry,
flutter,
splutter.
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Roget 863:
rashness
etc.
adj.;
temerity,
want of caution,
imprudence,
indiscretion;
overconfidence,
presumption,
audacity.
precipitancy,
precipitation;
impetuosity;
levity;
foolhardihood†,
foolhardiness;
heedlessness,
thoughtlessness
etc.
(inattention)
458;
carelessness
etc.
(neglect)
460;
desperation;
Quixotism,
knight-errantry;
fire eating.
gaming,
gambling;
blind bargain,
leap in the dark,
leap of faith,
fool's paradise;
too many eggs in one basket.
desperado,
rashling†,
madcap,
daredevil,
Hotspur,
fire eater,
bully,
bravo,
Hector,
scapegrace,
enfant perdu [Fr.];
Don Quixote,
knight-errant,
Icarus;
adventurer;
gambler,
gamester;
dynamitard†;
boomer [U.S.].
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