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Impetuous   /ɪmpˈɛtʃwəs/   Listen
Impetuous

adjective
1.
Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.  Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impulsive, madcap, tearaway.  "Liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers" , "An impetuous display of spending and gambling" , "Madcap escapades"
2.
Marked by violent force.



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"Impetuous" Quotes from Famous Books



... changed. Once more she had become her own, delightful self. This sudden volte-face did not, I must admit, in the least surprise me, for I knew what a child of moods she was, how impulsive and impetuous, and I think I loved her the more ...
— The Four Faces - A Mystery • William le Queux

... Sixteen—four from each province—and Judge Daly, ancestor of the Dunsandle family, was placed under arrest at Galway. The youthful Berwick sometimes complained that he was tutored and overruled by Sarsfield; but though the impetuous soldier may occasionally have forgotten the lessons learned in courts, his activity seems to have been the greatest, his information the best, his advice the most disinterested, and his fortitude the highest of any member of the council. ...
— A Popular History of Ireland - From the earliest period to the emancipation of the Catholics • Thomas D'Arcy McGee

... much as we do ourselves, that though they thought as we do and felt as we do (only, as I have said, with greater vehemence), they didn't LOOK like us at all; and Mr. Edgeworth, the father of Maria Edgeworth, the 'gay gallant,' the impetuous, ingenious, energetic gentleman, sat writing with powdered hair and a queue, with tights and buckles, bolt upright in a stiff chair, while his family, also bequeued and becurled and bekerchiefed, were gathered round him in a group, composedly attentive to his explanations, ...
— Castle Rackrent • Maria Edgeworth

... eager, ardent, impetuous, longing, as is the fashion of young men, to do brave deeds, to be a great hero, and not in the least knowing what ...
— The Coquette's Victim • Charlotte M. Braeme

... that this gentleman is the best match thou ever couldest have had, upon all accounts: his spirit such another impetuous one as thy own; soon taking fire; vindictive; and only differing in this, that the cause he engages in is a just one. But commend me to honest brutal Mowbray, who, before he knew the cause, offers his sword in thy behalf against a man who had taken the injured ...
— Clarissa, Or The History Of A Young Lady, Volume 8 • Samuel Richardson


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