impetus

Impetous is often a misspelling of impetus.

Impetous has no English definition.

As a noun impetus is

something that impels, a stimulating factor.

As nouns the difference between impetus and lucid

is that impetus is while lucid is a lucid dream.

As an adjective lucid is

clear; easily understood.

As nouns the difference between impetus and push

is that impetus is something that impels, a stimulating factor while push is a short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

As a verb push is

to apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

As nouns the difference between impetus and ovulist

is that impetus is while ovulist is (biology|historical) a believer in the theory (called "encasement theory") that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were enclosed one within the other.