MEANING
Acting suddenly from strong impulse rather than deliberation.
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- impetuous decision
- impetuous youth
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An impetuous decision changed their route.
He was too impetuous to wait for instructions.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more impetuous; superlative most impetuous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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