Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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PRECIP'TANCY, noun [from precipitant.] Headlong hurry; rash haste; haste in resolving, forming an opinion or executing a purpose without due deliberation.
Hurried on by the precipitance of youth.
Rashness and precipitance of judgment.
1. Hurry; great haste in going.
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