precipitate
pre·ci·pi·tate
verb
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
noun
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- “hasty marriage seldom proveth well” Shakespeare
- “hasty makeshifts take the place of planning” Arthur Geddes
- “rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion”
- “wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king”
Origin
From Latin praecipitātus, perfect passive participle of praecipitō (“throw down, hurl down, throw headlong”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”) (praecipit- in its oblique stem), from prae (“before”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Phrases
- red precipitate
- white precipitate
- yellow precipitate
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