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# impetuous

adjective

«impetuous» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Impetuous means acting quickly and rashly, without stopping to think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impetuous/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a young hero who asks for something dangerous without waiting to consider it

### Examples

- The impetuous youth asked to drive the sun's chariot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impetuous/#x1)
- Don't be so impetuous; think first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impetuous/#x2)
- An impetuous child may run before looking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impetuous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It describes the Chaldeans (Babylonians) as a fierce, rushing people raised by God to conquer.

**Interpretation.** Habakkuk is troubled that God uses a cruel nation to punish Israel. Tradition sees even foreign empires as tools in God's hands.

### Examples

- For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. (Prophets HAB.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impetuous/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impetuous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impetuous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impetuous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impetuous.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «impetuous» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impetuous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impetuous» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impetuous.html) on Mova free.