precipice

nounface or brink of a rock, mountain

Synonyms for precipice

noun face or brink of a rock, mountain

Word Origin & History

"steep face of rock," 1630s, from Middle French précipice, from Latin praecipitium "a steep place," literally "a fall or leap," from praeceps (genitive praecipitis) "steep, headlong, headfirst," from prae "before, forth" (see pre-) + caput "head" (see head (n.)). Earlier in English as a verb (1590s) meaning "fall to great depth."

Example Sentences for precipice

At present I am on the precipice; without your hand I fall forever.

Do you not look on the past with a shudder at the precipice on which you stood?

I—I feel like a dizzy creature standing at the edge of a precipice.

Only a slender column of dust was still eddying at the edge of the precipice.

The rebels were on the brink of a precipice, and extricated themselves.

At the edge of the precipice was a seat, and there she sat down.

The road below attracted her like the depths of a precipice.

And there is room, oh so much room, along the edge of the precipice.

All were blind, stone blind; all made straight for the precipice edge.

They had tried not to go over the precipice, but perhaps the fall was inevitable.

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