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precipice
precipice
n
Fr. < L.
præcipitium,
a falling headlong, steep place.
Cliff; crag; brink; edge of an abyss; steep vertical rock face; perilously sheer mountain slope. (1545/1577)
[Fig.] temptation; perilous enticement; dangerous allurement.