precipitance

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noun

Precipitancy.

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abruptnessprecipitatenessprecipitousnessprecipitancysuddenness
First used 17th c.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

nounprecipitance (usually uncountable, plural precipitances)

plural precipitances

  1. uncountableusuallyPrecipitancy.First known use 17th c.

    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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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

Similar
abruptnessprecipitatenessprecipitousnessprecipitancysuddenness
Broader
hastehastinesshurry
Also see
abruptnessprecipitancyprecipitatenessprecipitousnesssuddenness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From precipitant + -ance.

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precipitance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precipitance

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precipitance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precipitance.

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