Im*pet"u*ous (?), a. [F.
impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with
impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous
speed.
Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate;
violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays,
Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable.
Milton.
Syn. -- Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate.
-- Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. --
Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.