IMPETUOUS
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Im*pet"u*ous (?), a. [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.
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Went pouring forward with impetuous speed.
Byron.
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2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
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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.
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