precipitous

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

pre·cip·i·tous (prĭ-sĭpʹĭ-təs)adj.
1. Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. See Synonyms at steep¹.
2. Having several precipices:
a precipitous bluff.
3. Usage Problem. Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate: “The change has included a precipitous collapse of Communist authority” (New York Times). See Usage Note at precipitate. [Probably from obsolete precipitious, from Latin praecipitium, precipice. See precipice.] pre·cipʹi·tous·ly adv.pre·cipʹi·tous·ness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  abrupt, sharp, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant