definition of
precipitous

[1] #1 precipitous s. [hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant] done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether. wn

[2] #2 precipitous s. [abrupt, sharp] extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop". wn