{"id":2110,"date":"2024-02-12T09:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2024-02-12T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:56:21","slug":"word-of-the-week-impetuous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2024\/02\/12\/word-of-the-week-impetuous\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week! Impetuous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2024\/02\/Impetuous-waves.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2111\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2024\/02\/Impetuous-waves-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Waves crashing on Pacific Coastline\" width=\"467\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2024\/02\/Impetuous-waves-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2024\/02\/Impetuous-waves-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2024\/02\/Impetuous-waves.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a>This week&#8217;s word bears close relation to last week&#8217;s metaphor, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2024\/01\/30\/metaphor-of-the-month-fast-and-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fast and loose<\/a>. With its Latinate sound, impetuous remains formal enough for academic prose yet captures, in a few syllabus, a sense of rushing headlong and without due consideration. We have all known impetuous people. Maybe we are that, ourselves!<\/p>\n<p>For both objects and people, our word has meant the same thing for about the same number of years, to act with &#8220;rash energy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oed.com\/dictionary\/impetuous_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#858564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as the OED notes<\/a>. Ocean waves, wind, people who plunge ahead recklessly, even imprudent stock investors can be said to act impetuously.\u00a0 The word implies, in people at least, a variety of passion. Now dear Valentines, hear this: don&#8217;t fall in love in an impetuous manner. You will come to regret it! And that&#8217;s our link to this week&#8217;s holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The word itself comes from the French <em>imp\u00e9tueux<\/em>. As with so many very useful terms, ours is loan word.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a word or metaphor you enjoy, send them by e-mail (jessid -at- richmond -dot- edu) or leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p>See all of our Metaphors of the Month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/metaphor-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and Words of the Week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/word-of-the-week\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: Diana Robinson at Flickr, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dianasch\/19629186860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waves Crashing Near Pacific Grove, California<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s word bears close relation to last week&#8217;s metaphor, fast and loose. With its Latinate sound, impetuous remains formal enough for academic prose yet captures, in a few syllabus, a sense of rushing headlong and without due consideration. We have all known impetuous people. Maybe we are that, ourselves! For both objects and people, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2024\/02\/12\/word-of-the-week-impetuous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Word of the Week! 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