Precipice

pres′i-pis, n. a very steep place: any steep descent: a perpendicular bank or cliff.— adj. Precip′itous , like a precipice: very steep: hasty: rash.— adv. Precip′itously .— n. Precip′i to us ne . [Fr.,—L. præcipitium — præceps , præcipitis , headlong— præ , before, caput , capitis , the head.]