See precipitous on Wiktionary
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "steep, like a precipice",
"word": "tūparipari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "steep, like a precipice",
"word": "tāhekeheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "steep, like a precipice",
"word": "taparere"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "steep, like a precipice",
"word": "stealc"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "steep, like a precipice",
"word": "escarpado"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stremitelen",
"sense": "headlong",
"word": "стремителен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "headlong",
"word": "äkkijyrkkä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "headlong",
"word": "kopfüber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "headlong",
"word": "de cabeza"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pribǎrzan",
"sense": "hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate",
"word": "прибързан"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate",
"word": "äkillinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate",
"word": "précipité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate",
"word": "überstürzt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate",
"word": "precipitado"
}
],
"word": "precipitous"
}
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