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Precipitance

noun
1.
The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.  Synonyms: abruptness, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness.






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"Precipitance" Quotes from Famous Books



... miscarriage of that initiatory experiment was due to precipitance, incubation of my perverse instinct being not yet complete. A hiatus of a month now supervened, in which, while further fellatio was not attempted, my mind came always nearer to a reconcilement with the grossness of the act, and ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

... down by a lassitude heavier than iron. When Maurice entered, he was stretched on the sofa, with closed eyes; on his chest slept Wotan, the one-eyed cat, now growing sleek and fat. While Maurice was trying to rally him, Krafft sprang up. With a precipitance that was the extreme opposite of his previous sloth, he lowered both window-blinds, and, lighting two candles, set them on the piano, where they dispersed the immediate ...
— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson

... carrying himself humbly yet with triumph, like one aware that he entertained immortal guests. He couldn't get over it, he said, their dropping in on him like this, with a divine precipitance, out of their blue. Heavens! Supposing he had been out! He stood there glowing at them, the most perfect thing in ...
— The Creators - A Comedy • May Sinclair



Words linked to "Precipitance" :   precipitancy, haste, hurriedness, precipitation, suddenness, hastiness, hurry, precipitant



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