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impetuosity

[im-pech-oo-os-i-tee] / ɪmˌpɛtʃ uˈɒs ɪ ti /




















NOUN
vehemence
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Bellingham, for all the impetuosity that could - and should - have seen him sent off on Monday, is a generational talent, while Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly has demonstrated he is a natural at this level.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

These people having no towns, all their wars are carried on with eagerness and impetuosity.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

There is an electrifying, Beethoven-like impetuosity of development to it, but its intricate lines constantly sing out; the Staatskapelle’s musicians seem almost to be talking to one another, so communicative is their playing.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2022

He ascribed a 2006 college essay, and its anti-Semitic overtones, to the impetuosity of youth.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022

"You shall say that I did it without your knowledge and against your will, and without your blessing, being constrained by the violence of my love and the impetuosity of youth."

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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