temerarious
English
Etymology
From Latin temerārius (“that happens by chance, imprudent”), from temerē (“by chance, at random, rashly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtɛməˈɹɛəɹi.əs/
Adjective
temerarious (comparative more temerarious, superlative most temerarious)
- Recklessly daring or bold.
- 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, A Christmas Sermon:
- To look back upon the past year, and see how little we have striven and to what small purpose: and how often we have been cowardly and hung back, or temerarious and rushed unwisely in; and how every day and all day long we have transgressed the law of kindness;—it may seem a paradox, but in the bitterness of these discoveries, a certain consolation resides.
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Synonyms
- audacious
Derived terms
- temerariously
- temerariousness
Related terms
- temerity
Further reading
- temerarious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- temerarious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- temerarious at OneLook Dictionary Search