precipitance

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Thine eyes are not the youngest in the camp, Nor look they out the sharpest from thy head; But thou art ever hasty in thy speech, And ill becomes thee this precipitance.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

That does not mean, and has nothing to do with, 'proud precipitance of soul,' nor haste in forming pregnant resolves.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

The lights we could make out now across the zenith; but owing to the precipitance of the cliffs, and the rise of the arroyo bed, it was impossible to see more.

From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward

The haste and the joy went hand in hand, and I was soon equipped, though shocked at my own precipitance in sending before I was already visible.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

She herself would have turned and fled, but for the singularity of such precipitance.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May