3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
Sir T. Browne. "Marian's low, precipitous ëHush!'" Mrs. Browning.
-- Pre*cip"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Pre*cip"i*tous*ness, n.
||PrÈ`cis" (pr`s"), n. [F. See Precise.] A concise or abridged
||statement or view; an abstract; a summary.
Pre*cise" (?), a. [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of
praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to
cut: cf. F. prÈcis. Cf. Concise.] 1. Having determinate limitations;
exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague
or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
The law in this point is not precise.
Bacon.
For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence.
Milton.
2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact;
punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. Addison.
He was ever precise in promise- keeping.
Shak.
Syn. -- Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious;
particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
-- Pre*cise"ly, adv. -- Pre*cise"ness, n.