temerarious
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- temerariously adverb
- temerariousness noun
Etymology
Origin of temerarious
1525–35; < Latin temerārius, equivalent to temer ( e ) blindly, heedlessly + -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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And I write to you, not because I am temerarious, but because the month is April and the time is twilight.
From Project Gutenberg
It may not have the best technology but it has the most irrepressible and temerarious CEO, and that counts for a lot of nebulation in the future.
From Forbes
Had any temerarious soul assured him that his dramas would survive and endure by virtue of their music alone, it is easy to fancy his mingled incredulity and anger.
From Project Gutenberg
She drew her sword and rushed temerariously upon an enemy a hundred times more numerous than the handful of heroes who stood by her.
From Project Gutenberg
He had patronised, snubbed, or encouraged High Mobsmen of more temerarious habit, had profited by their exploits, and had read of their convictions and sentences with placid interest in the morning papers.
From Project Gutenberg
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