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temerity

noun
/tɪˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti/UK/təˈmɛɹ.ə.ti/US/ˈʈɛmərɪʈi/

Etymology

From Middle English temerite, temeryte, from Old French temerité, from Latin temeritās (“chance, accident, rashness”), from temere (“by chance, casually, rashly”). By surface analysis, temer(arious) + -ity.

  1. derived from temeritās — “chance, accident, rashness”
  2. derived from temerité
  3. inherited from temerite

Definitions

  1. Reckless boldness

    Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.

    • One day when he knew old Lobbs was out, Nathaniel Pipkin had the temerity to kiss his hand to Maria Lobbs.

  2. An act or case of reckless boldness.

    • Draper, dear lad, had the illusion of an "intellectual sympathy" between them.... Draper's temerities would always be of that kind.

  3. Effrontery

    Effrontery; impudence.

    • He had very nearly been guilty of the temerity of arrogating to himself another title in the presence of those he most respected.
    • That's jejune? You have the temerity to say that I'm talking to you out of jejunosity? I am one of the most june people in all of the Russias!

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Derived

temeritous

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for temerity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA