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Impetuous Rush Taylor Im Pech Oo Uhs Adjective Marked Impulsiveness Impatience

The adjective "impetuous" describes something marked by impulsiveness or impatience.

Adjektivet "impetuous" beskriver något som är impulsivt eller otåligt.

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impetuous /im-PECH-oo-uhs/
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Marked by impulsiveness or impatience.

[From Latin impetus (assault, impetus), from impetere (to attack), from in- (in) + petere (to go to). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pet- (to rush or fly), which also gave us feather, petition, compete, perpetual, pterodactyl, helicopter, propitious, pinnate, and lepidopterology (study of butterflies and moths). Earliest documented use: 1398.]

"Fools rush in ... Taylor Swift often acts, well, like an impetuous teen straight out of one of her songs."
Eric Andersson; Why Taylor Can't Find Love; Us Weekly (New York); Nov 19, 2012.

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