† precipen.

Forms: 1600s praecipie, 1600s precipee, 1600s–1800s precipe.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praecip-, praecipes.

Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin praecip-, praecipes (Plautus), early variant of praecipit- , praeceps (adjective) headlong, precipitous, sheer, impetuous, (noun) precipice, sheer drop, descent < prae- pre- prefix + caput head (see caput n.). Compare earlier precipice n.Originally in plural, which may have been intended to represent a supposed Latin plural *praecipēs of praeceps (on the model of e.g. prīncipēs , plural of prīnceps princeps n. and adj.), from which English precipe was formed as a singular (the usual plural of the Latin noun is praecipitia).

Obsolete.

An abrupt or steep descent; a precipice. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun]

cliffOE

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > steep or swift fall

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1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 1015 The Cataractes..are very strait precipes [Fr. precipices], by the which the Nile falling with great aboundance of waters, seemes not to flow, but to poure downe with a wonderfull violence.

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 35 Vp to the fixed Starres their course they take;..Now clime: now, by steep Præcipies [L. vias praecipites] descend.

1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 15 Honours and greatness without safety is to stand on the precipe [perh. = L. in precipe] of a Precipice.

1726 Brit. Apollo (ed. 3) II. 691 And yet the fateful precipe will shun, Of turning poet, and so being undone.

1792 H. Toulmin Descr. Kentucky 79 The Kentucky is bound every where by high rocky precipes.

1845 J. H. Ingraham Seven Knights 16 Now he disappeared in a ravine, now his snowy plume waved above the ridge of a low hill;..now he was climbing the precipe beyond.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	precipe
释义	† precipen. Forms: 1600s praecipie, 1600s precipee, 1600s–1800s precipe. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praecip-, praecipes. Etymology: Apparently < classical Latin praecip-, praecipes (Plautus), early variant of praecipit- , praeceps (adjective) headlong, precipitous, sheer, impetuous, (noun) precipice, sheer drop, descent < prae- pre- prefix + caput head (see caput n.). Compare earlier precipice n.Originally in plural, which may have been intended to represent a supposed Latin plural praecipēs of praeceps* (on the model of e.g. prīncipēs , plural of prīnceps princeps n. and adj.), from which English precipe was formed as a singular (the usual plural of the Latin noun is praecipitia). Obsolete. An abrupt or steep descent; a precipice. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] cliffOE cleoa1300 cleevec1300 rochec1300 clougha1400 heugha1400 brackc1530 clift1567 perpendicular1604 precipice1607 precipe1615 precipit1623 abrupt1624 scar1673 bluff1687 rock wall1755 krantz1785 linn1799 scarp1802 scaur1805 escarpment1815 rock face1820 escarp1856 hag1868 glint1906 scarping1909 stone-cliff1912 ledra1942 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > steep or swift fall precipice1606 precipe1615 precipitancea1625 plummeting1658 precipitation1720 nosedive1919 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 1015 The Cataractes..are very strait precipes [Fr. precipices], by the which the Nile falling with great aboundance of waters, seemes not to flow, but to poure downe with a wonderfull violence. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis ii. 35 Vp to the fixed Starres their course they take;..Now clime: now, by steep Præcipies [L. vias praecipites] descend. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 15 Honours and greatness without safety is to stand on the precipe [perh. = L. in precipe] of a Precipice. 1726 Brit. Apollo (ed. 3) II. 691 And yet the fateful precipe will shun, Of turning poet, and so being undone. 1792 H. Toulmin Descr. Kentucky 79 The Kentucky is bound every where by high rocky precipes. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Seven Knights 16 Now he disappeared in a ravine, now his snowy plume waved above the ridge of a low hill;..now he was climbing the precipe beyond. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1615
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