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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It might seem temerarious for an individual to buck the world's greatest oil companies, but not when the individual was Gulbenkian; he was an old hand at it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bernard Shaw finished editing and returned a collection of 100-odd Shaw sayings to Cyril Clemens, a temerarious admirer from Kirkwood, Mo. Shaw denied some of the items, okayed others, rewrote a few more.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries by Gilman, Lawrence
It was when matters were at this most distressing pass that the writing-man's invention, pricked alive by what Lucetta had said concerning her mother's skill with simples, opened a temerarious door of hope.
From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis
The author of it is obscure, is ambiguous, is affected, is temerarious, is barbarous.'
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Cibber, Theophilus
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