English-Thai Dictionary

precipitous

ADJ ลาดชัน  สูงชัน  ชัน  steep lad-chan

 

precipitously

ADV อย่าง ลาดชัน  yang-lad-chan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRECIPITOUS

a.[L. proeceps.] Very steep; as a precipitous cliff or mountain. 1. Headlong; directly or rapidly descending; as a precipitous fall.
2. Hasty; rash; heady.
Advice unsafe, precipitous and bold.

 

PRECIPITOUSLY

adv. With steep descent; in violent haste.

 

PRECIPITOUSNESS

n.Steepness of descent. 1. Rash haste.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRECIPITOUS

Pre *cip "i *tous, a. Etym: [L. praeceps, -cipitis: cf. OF. precipiteux.See Precipice. ]

 

1. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

 

2. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.

 

3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts. Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous `Hush! '" Mrs. Browning. -- Pre *cip "i *tous *ly, adv. -- Pre *cip "i *tous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

precipitous

pre cip i tous |priˈsipətəs prəˈsɪpədəs | ▶adjective 1 dangerously high or steep: the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast. • (of a change to a worse situation or condition ) sudden and dramatic: the end of the war led to a precipitous decline in exports. 2 (of an action ) done suddenly and without careful consideration: precipitous intervention. DERIVATIVES pre cip i tous ly adverb, pre cip i tous ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete French précipiteux, from Latin praeceps, praecip (it )- ‘steep, headlong ’ (see precipitate ). usage: See usage at precipitate .

 

Oxford Dictionary

precipitous

precipitous |prɪˈsɪpɪtəs | ▶adjective 1 dangerously high or steep: the track skirted a precipitous drop. • (of a change to a worse situation or condition ) sudden and dramatic: a precipitous slide in the government's popularity. 2 (of an action ) done suddenly and without careful consideration: precipitous intervention. DERIVATIVES precipitously adverb, precipitousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete French précipiteux, from Latin praeceps, praecip (it )- ‘steep, headlong ’ (see precipitate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

precipitous

precipitous adjective 1 a precipitous drop: steep, sheer, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, vertical. 2 his fall from power was precipitous: sudden, rapid, swift, abrupt, headlong, speedy, quick, fast, precipitate. 3 she was too precipitous. See precipitate (sense 1 of the adjective ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

precipitous

precipitous adjective 1 the road became narrower, the drop on each side more precipitous: steep, sheer, high, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, dizzy, vertiginous, vertical, bluff; rare acclivitous, declivitous. 2 his fall from power was precipitous: sudden, rapid, swift, abrupt, meteoric, headlong, speedy, quick, fast, hurried, breakneck, violent, precipitate, unexpected, without warning, unanticipated, unforeseen; rare precipitant. 3 he was arguably too precipitous. See precipitate (sense 1 of the adjective ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

precipitous

pre cip i tous /prɪsɪ́pətəs /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 急峻 （きゆうしゆん ）な 〈山 がけ 傾斜など 〉.2 突然の, 急な 〈減少 増加などの変化 〉.3 せっかちな, 軽率な 〈行動 決定など 〉.～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞