Synonyms for precipice
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pres-uh-pis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛs ə pɪs |
Définition of precipice
Origin :- "steep face of rock," 1630s, from Middle French précipice, from Latin praecipitium "a steep place," literally "a fall or leap," from praeceps (genitive praecipitis) "steep, headlong, headfirst," from prae "before, forth" (see pre-) + caput "head" (see head (n.)). Earlier in English as a verb (1590s) meaning "fall to great depth."
- noun face or brink of a rock, mountain
- At present I am on the precipice; without your hand I fall forever.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Do you not look on the past with a shudder at the precipice on which you stood?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I—I feel like a dizzy creature standing at the edge of a precipice.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Only a slender column of dust was still eddying at the edge of the precipice.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- The rebels were on the brink of a precipice, and extricated themselves.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- At the edge of the precipice was a seat, and there she sat down.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The road below attracted her like the depths of a precipice.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- All were blind, stone blind; all made straight for the precipice edge.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- And there is room, oh so much room, along the edge of the precipice.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- They had tried not to go over the precipice, but perhaps the fall was inevitable.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
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