'Impetuousness' definitions:
Definition of 'impetuousness'
From: WordNet
noun
Rash impulsiveness [syn: impetuousness, impetuosity]
Definition of 'Impetuousness'
From: GCIDE
- Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.]
- 1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent. [1913 Webster]
- Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. [1913 Webster]
- The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. --Milton.
- Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]