impetuous

  • 21impetuous — [14] Etymologically, impetuous means ‘having impetus’. It comes from Latin impetuōsus, a derivative of the noun impetus ‘attack’ (source of English impetus [17]), which in turn was based on impetere ‘attack’. This was a compound verb formed from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22impetuous — adjective tending to do things very quickly, without thinking carefully first: It was an impetuous decision which she soon regretted. impetuously adverb impetuousness noun (U) impetuosity noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23impetuous — [14] Etymologically, impetuous means ‘having impetus’. It comes from Latin impetuōsus, a derivative of the noun impetus ‘attack’ (source of English impetus [17]), which in turn was based on impetere ‘attack’. This was a compound verb formed from… …

    Word origins

  • 24Impetuous Theater Group — Impetuous Theater GroupImpetuous Theater Group is a Manhattan based Indie Theater [http://www.indietheater.org/who.php] company founded in 2004 by James David Jackson, Josh Sherman and Joe Powell. The mission of the group is to produce new work… …

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  • 25Impetuous Fire — Infobox Film name = Impetuous Fire image size = caption = director = John Law producer = writer = narrator = starring = music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1977 runtime = country = language = Mandarin budget = amg id =… …

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  • 26impetuous — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, accident prone, active, acute, adrift, afloat, aggressive, alternating, amorphous, animated, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, ardent, breakneck, breathless, brisk, brittle, capricious, careless, chafing,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27impetuous — im·pet·u·ous || ɪm petʃʊəs adj. hasty, reckless, lacking caution, impulsive …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 28impetuous — adjective 1》 acting or done quickly and rashly. 2》 moving forcefully or rapidly. Derivatives impetuosity noun impetuously adverb impetuousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. impetueux, from late L. impetuosus, from impetere to attack …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29impetuous — a. Vehement, violent, furious, fierce, passionate, precipitate, hasty, hot, over zealous, headlong …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30impetuous — adj 1. hasty, quick, abrupt, swift; precipitate, headlong, careless, slapdash; eager, energetic, dashing, buckish, spirited, lively. 2. impulsive, spontaneous, unreflective, thoughtless, unreasoned, unreflecting, offhand, spur of the moment, ill… …

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