Im‐pet″u‐ous (?), a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See Impetus.] 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. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays,
Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. Milton.
Syn. — Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate.
— Im‐pet″u‐ous‐ly, adv. — Im‐pet″u‐ous‐ness, n.