hotheaded, impulsive, impetuous, madcap, tearaway, brainish
(adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; âa hotheaded decisionâ; âliable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangersâ; âan impetuous display of spending and gamblingâ; âmadcap escapadesâ; (âbrainishâ is archaic)
impetuous
(adjective) marked by violent force; âimpetuous heaving wavesâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
impetuous (comparative more impetuous, superlative most impetuous)
Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.
• impulsive
• hasty
• rash
• hotheaded
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pet"u*ous, a. Etym: [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. Milton.
Syn.
– Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate.
– Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv.
– Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
