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English
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/tɪ�m�r�ti/|/t��m�r�ti/
italbrac|US IPA|/t��m�r�ti/
audio|en-us-temerity.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�r�ti
Noun
en-noun|temerities
- context|not countable reckless|Reckless boldness; foolish bravery.
#*1569, Thomas Pearson, trans., "The Second Paradox," in The booke of Marcus Tullius Cicero entituled Paradoxa Stoicorum, T. Marshe (London),
#*:Neyther the spightfull temerity and rashnes of variable fortune, nor the envious hart burning and in iurious hatred of mine enemies shold be able once to damnify me.
#*1837, w:Charles_Dickens|Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 17,
#*:One day when he knew old Lobbs was out, Nathaniel Pipkin had the temerity to kiss his hand to Maria Lobbs.
#*1913, w:Edgar_Rice_Burroughs|Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, ch. 21,
#*:I am surprised that you, sir, a man of letters yourself, should have the temerity so to interrupt the progress of science.
- countable An act or case of reckless boldness.
#*1910, w:Edith_Wharton|Edith Wharton, "The Blond Beast," Scribner's Magazine, vol. 48 (Sept),
#*:Draper, dear lad, had the illusion of an "intellectual sympathy" between them.... Draper's temerities would always be of that kind.
- context|not countable effrontery|Effrontery; impudence.
#*1820, w:James_Fennimore_Cooper|James Fennimore Cooper, Precaution, ch. 30,
#*:He had very nearly been guilty of the temerity of arrogating to himself another title in the presence of those he most respected.
Synonyms
italbrac|reckless boldness: audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness
italbrac|effrontery: brashness, cheek, gall
Related terms
temerarious
temerary
temerous
Translations
trans-top|reckless boldness
Finnish: tyhmänrohkeus
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German: Kühnheit f, Unbesonnenheit f, Verwegenheit f
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References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913
R:Dictionary.com
"temerity" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"temerity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
"temerity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"temerity" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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