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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
precipitous /prɪˈsɪpɪtəs/

▶adjective

1 dangerously high or steep.

2 (of a change to a worse situation) sudden and dramatic.

– derivatives
precipitously adverb,
precipitousness noun.

– origin C17: from obs. Fr. précipiteux, from L. praeceps, praecip(it)- (see precipitate).

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