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Definition of Impetuousness
1. Noun. Rash impulsiveness.
Definition of Impetuousness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being impetuous; making arbitrary decisions. ¹
2. Noun. Result of being impetuous; arbitrary decisions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impetuousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impetuousness
Literary usage of Impetuousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications (1848)
"Yet this is no arrogance nor impetuousness. God'««er- Secondly, God's servants
have been zealous for their Lord and Master, even to the very faces of the ..."
2. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"23. to lead captive, or effectually captivating upon success in battle: all works
of great violence and impetuousness. I might manifest fully from that ..."
3. The Cambridge Platonists: Being Selections from the Writings of Benjamin by Benjamin Whichcote, John Smith, Nathanael Culverwel (1901)
"... find frequently such Motions within our selves which first are, before we take
notice of them, and which by their own turbulency and impetuousness force ..."
4. China and Religion by Edward Harper Parker (1905)
"fundamental origin or root (6) of what is light, so is calmness the master spirit
of impetuousness. For which reason the accomplished man travels throughout ..."
5. Specimens of the Novelists and Romancers: With Critical and Biographical (1827)
"... beginning than from a violent lascivious impetuousness, from which never
springeth that true love which is permanent; but instead of that impetuousness, ..."
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