All 3 Uses of
impetuous
in
Love in the Time of Cholera
- the week the same impetuous mob swarmed into the plazas and alleys of the old neighborhoods
Chpt 1 *impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
- Encouraged by the impetuous thought that this was an arranged opportunity, Florentino Ariza crossed the street and stopped in front of Fermina Daza, so close to her that he could detect the catches in her breathing and the floral scent that he would identify with her for the rest of his life.†
Chpt 2
- For Leona Cassiani was still the woman she had been that afternoon on the trolley, with the same clothes, worthy of an impetuous runaway slave, her mad turbans, her earrings and bracelets made of bone, her necklaces, her rings with fake stones on every finger: a lioness in the streets.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(impetuous as in: an impetuous decision) impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence