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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1533, 1666
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Impetuous, -uus, a. [ME. ympetuous, impetuious (1398). L. impetuōsus.] Impetuous, vehement, violent. —1533 Bell. Livy I. 30/34.
The Crustumanis … had nocht sa impetuus and brym haterent … to revenge this offence 1666 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 82.
The most great impetuous raine that has been seine in the memorie of man
