precipitous |priˈsipətəs|adjective1 dangerously high or steep : the precipitous cliffs of the North Atlantic coast.• (of a change to a worse situation or condition) sudden and dramatic : the end of the war led to a precipitous decline in exports.2 (of an action) done suddenly and without carefulconsideration : precipitous intervention.DERIVATIVESprecipitously adverbprecipitousness nounORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete Frenchprécipiteux, from Latin praeceps, praecip(it)- ‘steep, headlong’ (see precipitate ).
That picture makes me nervous just looking at it! I REALLY don't like heights!
ReplyDeleteOff topic, I just LOVED "Dead in LA", ordered the paperback cuz I prefer books, hope there will be a sequel! Jon & Andy are adorable together! Definitely a keeper...
Hehe. I don't have a fear of heights, but I have one of accidents, and you would never catch me at a spot like that. I've seen in a book of vernacular photography a similar picture, except in that one the man was jumping from one cliff to another, caught in mid-air by the photographer. I can't get it out of my head--I'm still wondering if he made it.
DeleteThanks for reading Dead in L.A. :) I'm definitely planning a sequel. It'll come out probably in September. Yeah, I know it's a while, but I have a couple of other books coming out at the end of April and June.