| a. | 1. | Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately. |
| 2. | Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. | |
| n. | 1. | (Chem.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate. |
| Noun | 1. | precipitant - an agent that causes a precipitate to form |
| Adj. | 1. | precipitant - done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" |