Bible Dictionaries
Precipitous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Headlong; as, precipitous fall.

(2):

(a.) Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Precipitous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/precipitous.html. 1828.