Both Uses of
impetuous
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Bathsheba would have submitted to an indignant chastisement for her levity had Gabriel protested that he was loving her at the same time; the impetuosity of passion unrequited is bearable, even if it stings and anathematizes—there is a triumph in the humiliation, and a tenderness in the strife.†
Chpt 19-21
- she whispered with desperate impetuosity.
Chpt 37-39 *impetuosity = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)
Definition:
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(impetuous as in: an impetuous decision) impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence