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'Precipitous' Does Not Mean "Rainy"
'Precipitous' Does Not Mean "Rainy"
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“Precipitancy.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/precipitancy. Accessed 13 December 2019.
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The first known use of precipitancy was in 1540
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