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temerity

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te⋅mer⋅i⋅ty

  [tuh-mer-i-tee]
–noun
reckless boldness; rashness.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME temeryte < L temeritās hap, chance, rashness, equiv. to temer(e) by chance, rashly + -itās -ity

Synonyms:
audacity, effrontery, foolhardiness.
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te·mer·i·ty   (tə-měr'ĭ-tē)   
n.  Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.

[Middle English temerite, from Old French, from Latin temeritās, from temere, rashly.]
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Word Origin & History

temerity 
1432, 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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