The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precipitious
Precipitious \Prec`i*pi"tious\, a.
Precipitous. [Obs.] -- Prec`i*pi"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.]
--Dr. H. More.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
precipitious
1610s, now obsolete, but prefered by purists for the sense "high and steep" over the later formation precipitous.
Wiktionary
precipitious
a. (obsolete form of precipitous English)
Usage examples of "precipitious".
I was precipitious in talking to my newspaper people, and you got hurt.