PRECIPITANCY
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
(noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
precipitancy (countable and uncountable, plural precipitancies)
Suddenness; excessive haste.
Synonyms
• precipitance
• precipitation
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cip"i*tance, Pre*cip"i*tan*cy, n. Etym: [From Precipitant.]
Definition: The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth. "Precipitance of judgment." I. Watts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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