Both Uses of
impetuous
in
The Mayor of Casterbridge
- She looked from the window and saw Henchard and Farfrae in the hay-yard talking, with that impetuous cordiality on the Mayor's part, and genial modesty on the younger man's,
Chpt 15 *impetuous = forceful
- And then," cried Farfrae impetuously, his face alight, "I sold it a few weeks after, when it happened to go up again!†
Chpt 23impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
Definition:
impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence