Definition of Temerarious

1. Adjective. Presumptuously daring. "A daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

Exact synonyms: Daredevil
Similar to: Bold
Derivative terms: Daredevil, Temerity

Definition of Temerarious

1. a. Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

Definition of Temerarious

1. Adjective. Recklessly daring or bold ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Temerarious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temerarious

telyn
telyushenkoite
temafloxacin
temagamite
temazepam
temblor
temblores
temblors
teme
temed
temefos
temene
temenoi
temenos
temephos
temerarious (current term)
temerariously
temerariousness
temeration
temerities
temeritous
temerity
temerous
temes
temnospondyl
temnospondyls
temoporfin
temozolomide
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temped

Literary usage of Temerarious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Finally, it is denominated (c) rash, or temerarious, if it rests on insufficient conjectures or scarcely probable arguments. Such presumption is to be ..."

2. Essays on the Church's Doctrinal Authority by William George Ward (1880)
"And some theologians in fact hold, that a true proposition may be censured ex cathedra, as being " temerarious " or the like under the circumstances of the ..."

3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Receiving testimony exempt from that security which is afforded by punishment against mendacity and temerarious falsity; and that in cases in which ..."

4. Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice by Jeremy Bentham (1827)
"Receiving testimony exempt from that security which is afforded against mendacity and temerarious falsity by the sanction of an oath ; and that in cases in ..."

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