Precipitant

precipitant
    adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
           "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty
           makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;
           "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for
           reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather
           precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: {hasty},
           {overhasty}, {precipitate}, {precipitant}, {precipitous}]
    n 1: an agent that causes a precipitate to form
    

Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, a. [L. praecipitans, -antis, p.
   pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. pr['e]cipitant. See
   {Precipitate}.]
   1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently,
      or recklessly; moving precipitately.
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            They leave their little lives
            Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. --J.
                                                  Philips.
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            Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold,
            Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope.
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   2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly
      hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor.
      "Precipitant rebellion." --Eikon Basilike.
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Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, n. (Chem.)
   Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a
   precipitate.
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43 Moby Thesaurus words for "precipitant":
      abrupt, accident-prone, breakneck, breathless, careless, desperate,
      devil-may-care, electrifying, furious, harum-scarum, hasty,
      headlong, hotheaded, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, mad,
      nerve-shattering, overeager, overenthusiastic, overzealous,
      panting, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rash, reckless, rushing,
      shocking, slap-bang, slapdash, speedy, startling, sudden,
      surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
      unlooked-for, unpredicted, wanton, wild