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1.
a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
2.
a situation of great peril: on the precipice of war.
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precipice
1598, "fall to great depth," from Fr. précipice, from L. præcipitium "a steep place," lit. "a fall or leap," from præceps (gen. præcipitis) "steep, headlong, headfirst," from præ- "forth" + caput "head" (see head). Meaning "steep face of rock" is recorded from 1632.
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