[ɪmˈpʌlsɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- acting or done without forethought
(e.g: they'd married as impulsive teenagers)

- acting as an impulse
(e.g: the approaching waves contain an impulsive component)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘tending to impel’): from French impulsif, -ive or late Latin impulsivus, from Latin impuls- ‘driven onwards’ (see impulse). impulsive dates from the mid 18th century