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impetuous

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400SATGRECAT
DEFINITION

characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; ; ; ; ; (`brainish' is archaic)

WEBSTER'S 1913

Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin impetus, meaning 'impulse'

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

No necessity exists for any hurry, except in the brain of that impetuous boy.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

However, impetuous theatre director Aurélien-Marie Lugné-Poe took the risk, producing the play at his Théâtre de l'Œuvre.

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