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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
precipice/ˈpresəpɪs/
▶noun a tall and very steep rock face or cliff.
– origin C16 (denoting a headlong fall): from Fr. précipice or L. praecipitium ‘abrupt descent’, from praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘steep, headlong’.
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