precipicen.

Brit.

/ˈprɛsᵻpɪs/, U.S.

/ˈprɛsəpəs/

Forms: 1600s praecipice, 1600s–1700s pricipice, 1600s– precipice.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French precipice; Latin praecipitium.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French pricipice, Middle French precipice, French précipice steep place (a1520), (figurative) danger, disaster (1559), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin praecipitium fall or jump from a great height, steep place, precipice, in post-classical Latin also abyss, ruin, disaster (4th cent.), alteration of praeceps precipice, sheer drop, descent (see precipe n.), probably resulting from reinterpretation of its plural praecipitia.

†1. A headlong fall or descent. Chiefly figurative: a fall into a disastrous situation or condition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

precipice1606

precipe1615

precipitancea1625

plummeting1658

precipitation1720

nosedive1919

1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. iv. 720 Vntill the tyranny of one, of few, or of many, be mounted to the highest precipice [Fr. precipice] or downfall.

1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. v, in Wks. I. 27 Precedents; which are strong, And swift, to rape youth, to their precipice.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §880 In the breaking of the Waves there is ever a Præcipice.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 81 Souldiers in the Precipice of their passion being sensible of no other stop but the bottome.

a1678 A. Marvell Dial. Soul & Body in Miscellanies (1681) 13 This Tyrannic Soul..Which, stretcht upright, impales me so, That mine own Precipice I go.

a. A high and vertical or very steep rock face; a crag, a cliff. Also: a gulf, an abyss.In quot. c1660: a fortified wall rising from a natural rock face.

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 > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] > edge of

edgec1400

precipice1607

verge1624

bluff-head1703

1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 924 The Castell of Montmelian..is seated vpon the toppe of a Mountaine, the Ditches bee Precipices on euery side.

1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 116 When he shall arrive on the top, he shall finde nothing but danger, and round about him a gaping precipice.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 148 The ruines of an old & very strong [Castle]... The height is excessive, & the precipice on a dreadfull Cliff.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 95 To remove my Tent from the Place where it stood, which was just under the hanging Precipice of the Hill.

1814 Ld. Byron Let. 8 June (1982) XII. 13 I never knew but one of your country..and she is frightful as a precipice.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 234 I mean by a true precipice, one by which a plumbline will swing clear, or without touching the face of it, if suspended from a point a foot or two beyond the brow.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxxi. 532 At last he came to the great shallow among the precipices and slopes, near the summit of the pass.

1992 European Trav. & Life Apr. 91/1 To stand on a precipice like the Lorelei, taking in a vista that unfolds in a progression of castles, ruins, and vineyards.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > dangerous situation

precipice1614

witch's cauldron1816

1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI vi. 169 Hee so much desi[r]ed to draw him from the Precipice [Fr. precipice].

1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 266 You have not seen the precipices which environ beauty.

1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 324 For my own part, whose years are near the Precipice of death, I do not wish one minute longer of Life.

1715 D. Defoe Hymn to Mob 35 The Herd..Run headlong down the Precipice of Fate, And choak'd with their own Rage a sure Destruction meet.

1795 tr. L. S. Mercier Fragm. Politics & Hist. II. 134 Thus mankind wishing to avoid one precipice, fall into another.

1851 W. M. Thackeray Let. 10 Nov. (1945) II. 811 Its awful to think of the sword coming down—of the precipices we all walk on.

1920 V. Woolf Diary 5 May (1979) II. 34 We are publishing Gorki, & perhaps this marks some step over a precipice.

1987 N. F. Dixon Our own Worst Enemy (1988) i. 4 Because we've spent forty years living on the edge of a precipice does not mean we won't eventually fall over it.

†3. Loftiness as of a precipice; precipitousness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable

highnesseOE

heighta1400

tallness1535

excelsity1623

precipice1650

celsitude1678

loftiness1781

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep > quality or condition of being

pronity1524

sharpness1585

suddenness1594

abruptness1603

steepiness1609

precipitationa1616

precipice1650

precipitousness1832

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. xvi. 172 Because of the precipice of the place, Sion had no out-gates.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 64 After he was stretch'd to such an height in his own fancy, that he could not look down from top to toe but his Eyes dazled at the Precipice of his Stature.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 2), as precipice-edge, precipice side, etc.

ΚΠ

1799 S. Murray Descr. Part Scotl. x, in Compan. Scotl., Lakes & Craven 293 The road is but just sufficiently wide for a carriage, and no fence whatever on the precipice side of it.

1845 L. S. Costello Falls, Lakes, & Mountains N. Wales ix. 188 This route is called the Precipice Walk..in many places the path is narrow and rather dangerous.

1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 85 The patience clasped, totters hard on the precipice-edge.

1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. e6/1 On the narrow track up the mountain..you will probably have to back down to a spot wide enough to pass. Decline to take the precipice side.

1999 Esquire July 25 The Precipice Knot, used by mountaineers to retrieve a secured rope by climbing solo.

C2.

precipice bond n. British Finance a bond which is issued for a fixed term, under conditions such that the customer's capital is at risk should investments perform below a certain preset level.

ΚΠ

1997 Scotl. on Sunday 20 Apr. (Business section) 6/7 The precipice bond is different. A 2.5% setback wipes out nearly a quarter of your money.

2004 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 29/1 Two leading financial advisers have become insolvent after being overwhelmed by compensation claims from clients who believe they were mis-sold precipice bonds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precipice
释义	precipicen. Brit. /ˈprɛsᵻpɪs/, U.S. /ˈprɛsəpəs/ Forms: 1600s praecipice, 1600s–1700s pricipice, 1600s– precipice. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French precipice; Latin praecipitium. Etymology: < (i) Middle French pricipice, Middle French precipice, French précipice steep place (a1520), (figurative) danger, disaster (1559), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin praecipitium fall or jump from a great height, steep place, precipice, in post-classical Latin also abyss, ruin, disaster (4th cent.), alteration of praeceps precipice, sheer drop, descent (see precipe n.), probably resulting from reinterpretation of its plural praecipitia. †1. A headlong fall or descent. Chiefly figurative: a fall into a disastrous situation or condition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > steep or swift fall precipice1606 precipe1615 precipitancea1625 plummeting1658 precipitation1720 nosedive1919 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale vi. iv. 720 Vntill the tyranny of one, of few, or of many, be mounted to the highest precipice [Fr. precipice] or downfall. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. v, in Wks. I. 27 Precedents; which are strong, And swift, to rape youth, to their precipice. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §880 In the breaking of the Waves there is ever a Præcipice. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. ii. 81 Souldiers in the Precipice of their passion being sensible of no other stop but the bottome. a1678 A. Marvell Dial. Soul & Body in Miscellanies (1681) 13 This Tyrannic Soul..Which, stretcht upright, impales me so, That mine own Precipice I go. 2. a. A high and vertical or very steep rock face; a crag, a cliff. Also: a gulf, an abyss.In quot. c1660: a fortified wall rising from a natural rock face. 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 > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [noun] > edge of edgec1400 precipice1607 verge1624 bluff-head1703 1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 924 The Castell of Montmelian..is seated vpon the toppe of a Mountaine, the Ditches bee Precipices on euery side. 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 116 When he shall arrive on the top, he shall finde nothing but danger, and round about him a gaping precipice. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 148 The ruines of an old & very strong [Castle]... The height is excessive, & the precipice on a dreadfull Cliff. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 95 To remove my Tent from the Place where it stood, which was just under the hanging Precipice of the Hill. 1814 Ld. Byron Let. 8 June (1982) XII. 13 I never knew but one of your country..and she is frightful as a precipice. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 234 I mean by a true precipice, one by which a plumbline will swing clear, or without touching the face of it, if suspended from a point a foot or two beyond the brow. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxxi. 532 At last he came to the great shallow among the precipices and slopes, near the summit of the pass. 1992 European Trav. & Life Apr. 91/1 To stand on a precipice like the Lorelei, taking in a vista that unfolds in a progression of castles, ruins, and vineyards. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > dangerous situation precipice1614 witch's cauldron1816 1614 E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Lewis XI vi. 169 Hee so much desi[r]ed to draw him from the Precipice [Fr. precipice]. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 266 You have not seen the precipices which environ beauty. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 324 For my own part, whose years are near the Precipice of death, I do not wish one minute longer of Life. 1715 D. Defoe Hymn to Mob 35 The Herd..Run headlong down the Precipice of Fate, And choak'd with their own Rage a sure Destruction meet. 1795 tr. L. S. Mercier Fragm. Politics & Hist. II. 134 Thus mankind wishing to avoid one precipice, fall into another. 1851 W. M. Thackeray Let. 10 Nov. (1945) II. 811 Its awful to think of the sword coming down—of the precipices we all walk on. 1920 V. Woolf Diary 5 May (1979) II. 34 We are publishing Gorki, & perhaps this marks some step over a precipice. 1987 N. F. Dixon Our own Worst Enemy (1988) i. 4 Because we've spent forty years living on the edge of a precipice does not mean we won't eventually fall over it. †3. Loftiness as of a precipice; precipitousness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable highnesseOE heighta1400 tallness1535 excelsity1623 precipice1650 celsitude1678 loftiness1781 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep > quality or condition of being pronity1524 sharpness1585 suddenness1594 abruptness1603 steepiness1609 precipitationa1616 precipice1650 precipitousness1832 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. xvi. 172 Because of the precipice of the place, Sion had no out-gates. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 64 After he was stretch'd to such an height in his own fancy, that he could not look down from top to toe but his Eyes dazled at the Precipice of his Stature. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 2), as precipice-edge, precipice side, etc. ΚΠ 1799 S. Murray Descr. Part Scotl. x, in Compan. Scotl., Lakes & Craven 293 The road is but just sufficiently wide for a carriage, and no fence whatever on the precipice side of it. 1845 L. S. Costello Falls, Lakes, & Mountains N. Wales ix. 188 This route is called the Precipice Walk..in many places the path is narrow and rather dangerous. 1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 85 The patience clasped, totters hard on the precipice-edge. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. e6/1 On the narrow track up the mountain..you will probably have to back down to a spot wide enough to pass. Decline to take the precipice side. 1999 Esquire July 25 The Precipice Knot, used by mountaineers to retrieve a secured rope by climbing solo. C2. precipice bond n. British Finance a bond which is issued for a fixed term, under conditions such that the customer's capital is at risk should investments perform below a certain preset level. ΚΠ 1997 Scotl. on Sunday 20 Apr. (Business section) 6/7 The precipice bond is different. A 2.5% setback wipes out nearly a quarter of your money. 2004 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 29/1 Two leading financial advisers have become insolvent after being overwhelmed by compensation claims from clients who believe they were mis-sold precipice bonds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † precipicev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: precipice n. Etymology: < precipice n. Obsolete. transitive. To hurl or fling as from a precipice; (also) to surround as with a precipice. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > headlong precipitate1541 precipit1628 precipice1653 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > throw down > headlong adusta1250 precipitate1541 precipit1628 precipice1653 plummet1855 1653 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. A6 Some of them..(Elevated on the wings of their Ambitions) were most ingloriously dasht and precipic'd. a1845 L. Blanchard Poet. Wks. (1876) xvii. 100 Round the fair world they looked and saw no error; All there was hope not precipiced by terror. 1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden xx. 452 Its banks terraced and precipiced by all their wealth of shrub and foliage. 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precipicen.

Compounds

† precipicev.