precipitant

Meaning

Adj

1. Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
2. Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
3. (figuratively) Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
4. That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).

Adv

Synonym of precipitantly (“in a precipitant or headlong manner; with foolish or rash haste”).

Noun

1. Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
2. A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.

Synonyms

precipitate

hasty

precipitous

overhasty

fast

fleet

flying

high-speed

hurried

impetuous

quick

rapid

rash

snappy

speedy

swift

violent

fast-flying

over-hasty

precipitating agent

abrupt

precipitation reagent

agile

early

expeditious

Translations

مرسّب

precipitant

hastig

εσπευσμένος

hâtif

précipité

precipitante

steil

precipitado

precipitante

Pronounced as (IPA)

/prɪˈsɪpɪt(ə)nt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: précipitant

In summary

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French précipitant, Old French precipitant (“acting hastily, hasty, rash; acting, happening, or moving rapidly; pressing”) (modern French précipitant), and from their etymon Late Latin praecipitans (“hasty, rash”), an adjective use of Latin praecipitāns, the present participle of praecipitō (“to cast down; to throw headlong”), from praeceps (“head first, headlong; (figurative) hasty, rash”) (from prae (“before; in front”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + -ceps (suffix meaning ‘having a head with specified characteristics’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“a head”))).
The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.