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1. • • of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
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   What does it mean if someone is impetuous?

   • If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful. He was young and impetuous. He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does Impetuoso mean?

   • impetuoso… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! IMPETUOUS meaning: 1. likely to do something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions: 2. said or…. Learn more.

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   What does impetuosity mean?

   • From English impetuous + -ity, from Middle French impétuosité, from Old French. impetuosity (usually uncountable, plural impetuosities) The quality of making rash or arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive or forceful manner. The condition or quality of being impetuous, impatient; fury; violence. Vehemence; furiousness of temper.

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   What is impetuous behavior?

   • Impetuous behavior is often impulsive behavior: the impetuous among us act without thinking long and hard about the consequences of their actions. They are rash and reckless: The new monarch—the first grandchild of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert—was boastful, arrogant and impetuous.

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   What is the difference between impetuous and impulsive?

   • 2. SYNONYMS 1. eager, headlong. impetuous, impulsive both refer to persons who are hasty and precipitate in action, or to actions not preceded by thought. impetuous suggests eagerness, violence, rashness: impetuous vivacity; impetuous desire; impetuous words. impulsive emphasizes spontaneity and lack of reflection: an impulsive act of generosity.

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   Where did the word 'impetuous' come from?

   • When we borrowed impetuous in the late 14th century, we used it of people and their actions. About a hundred years later, we added another sense to describe physical things like wind or storms or seas—this second sense we don't use much anymore. The word comes via Anglo-French from Late Latin impetuosus, which is from impetus.

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   1. : marked by impulsive vehemence or passion. an impetuous temperament. 2. : marked by force and violence of movement or action. an impetuous wind. impetuously adverb. impetuousness noun. Did you know? When we borrowed impetuous in the late 14th century, we used it of people and their actions.

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   If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful. He was young and impetuous. He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way.

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   of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person. Synonyms: headlong, eager. Antonyms: careful, planned.

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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective impetuous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   done or acting quickly and without thinking carefully: an impetuous outburst. (Definition of impetuous from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)