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precipitance en · NOUN

Etymology

From precipitant + -ance.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Precipitancy.
   • We have been hurried on by our feelings to a degree of Precipitance which ill accords with the claims of our Friends, or the opinion of the World. c. 1794, Jane Austen, Lady Susan:
   • I gasped, at this frightful precipitance—I was going to open with warmth against it. 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:

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