precipitancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
    precipitateness; abruptness; suddenness; precipitance; precipitousness.

WordNet

Pre*cip"i*tance, Pre*cip"i*tan*cy noun (Also<
  • Precipitance
  • Precipitancy
)
Etymology
From Precipitant.
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth. "Precipitance of judgment." I. Watts.

Webster 1913