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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Impetuous

/ĭmˌ-pĕch'-wəs/ · Im·pet·u·ous · IPA /imˈpɛt͡ʃuəs/
01 a. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
  1. 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. 2.
    Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
    “The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable.” Milton.