Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
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
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Impetuous adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 7 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/impetuous>
