All 6 Uses of
impetuous
in
The Last of the Mohicans
- the impetuous young man ... sprang upon his enemy with naked hands.
Chpt 12 *impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
- For near half an hour, not a syllable was uttered, or scarcely a look cast aside; a grave and meditative silence being the ordinary succession to every scene of violence and commotion among these beings, who were alike so impetuous and yet so self-restrained.†
Chpt 24
- It would seem that, while his own surprise had been anticipated, and had consequently failed, the enemy, in their turn, having been deceived in its object and in his numbers, had left too small a force to resist the impetuous onset of the young Mohican.†
Chpt 32
- But at the moment when he thought the rashness of his impetuous young assailant had left him at his mercy, another shout was given, and La Longue Carabine was seen rushing to the rescue, attended by all his white associates.†
Chpt 32
- But the impetuous young men were rewarded by finding that, encumbered with Cora, the Hurons were losing ground in the race.†
Chpt 32
- The vestments of the stranger announced him to be one who held a responsible situation near the person of the captain of the Canadas; and who, as it would now seem, finding his errand of peace frustrated by the fierce impetuosity of his allies, was content to become a silent and sad spectator of the fruits of a contest that he had arrived too late to anticipate.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(impetuous as in: an impetuous decision) impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence