temerity
Use Temerity in a sentence
ɪ noun
reckless boldness; rashness.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English temeryte < Latin temeritās hap, chance, rashness, equivalent to temer(e) by chance, rashly + -itās -ity
1400–50; late Middle English temeryte < Latin temeritās hap, chance, rashness, equivalent to temer(e) by chance, rashly + -itās -ity
Synonyms
audacity, effrontery, foolhardiness.
audacity, effrontery, foolhardiness.
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temerity (tɪˈmɛrɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| rashness or boldness | |
| [C15: from Latin temeritās accident, from temere at random] | |
| temerarious | |
| —adj | |
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Temerity
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
temerity
early 15c., from M.Fr. témérité (15c.), from L. temeritatem (nom. temeritas) "blind chance, accident, rashness," from temere "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly," related to tenebrae "darkness," from PIE base *temes- "dark" (cf. Skt. tamas- "darkness," tamsrah "dark;" Avestan temah
"darkness;" Lith. tamsa "darkness," tamsus "dark;" O.C.S. tima "darkness;" O.H.G. dinstar "dark;" O.Ir. temel "darkness").
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Example sentences
We had the temerity to laugh at the hippies, shamefully backdated by half a decade.
But because he has the temerity to ask for the raw data, he's dismissed as a bozo and a tool of industry.
Not one of his physicians, not one of his advisers who la admitted to the inner councils, has the temerity to go so far as that.
The gist: some restaurants had the temerity to serve halal without telling customers.
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