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precipitancy

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pre⋅cip⋅i⋅tan⋅cy

  [pri-sip-i-tuhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. the quality or state of being precipitant.
2. headlong or rash haste.
3. precipitancies, hasty or rash acts.
Also, pre⋅cip⋅i⋅tance.

Origin:
1610–20; precipit(ant) + -ancy
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pre·cip·i·tan·cy   (prĭ-sĭp'ĭ-tən-sē)   
n.  

  1. The quality of being precipitant.

  2. Action or thought marked by impulsiveness or rash haste.

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