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impetuous (adj.)
late 14c., "hot-tempered, fierce," from Old French
impetuos
(13c.) and directly from Late Latin
impetuosus
"impetuous, violent," from Latin
impetus
"attack" (see
impetus
). Related:
Impetuously
;
impetuousness
.