Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impetuous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
of impetuous temper.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impetuous
adj 1: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous
display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades";
(`brainish' is archaic) [syn: {hotheaded}, {impulsive},
{madcap}, {tearaway(a)}, {brainish}]
2: marked by violent force; "impetuous heving waves"
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