Temerity Definition

tə-mĕrĭ-tē
noun
Foolish or rash boldness; foolhardiness; recklessness.
Webster's New World

(not countable) Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.

Wiktionary

(not countable) Effrontery; impudence.

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Other Word Forms of Temerity

Noun

Singular:
temerity
Plural:
temerities

Origin of Temerity

  • Middle English temerite from Old French from Latin temeritās from temere rashly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin temeritās (“chance, accident, rashness"), from (“by chance, casually, rashly").

    From Wiktionary

Temerity Sentence Examples

  • He now bitterly regretted his temerity in braving the danger.

  • Most runners don't have the temerity to enter the Reebok Cross Country at Cardiff Castle, let alone dress for the occasion.

  • The exuberant cry fades, stills, rises to an exultant roar and the creature bolts, startled by its own temerity.

  • Most runners do n't have the temerity to enter the Reebok Cross Country at Cardiff Castle, let alone dress for the occasion.

  • Founded on faulty experiments and reasoning, the views he expressed were either ignored or ridiculed; and it was long before he bitterly regretted the temerity with which he had published his hasty generalizations.

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Words Starting With

TTETEM

Words Ending With

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