temerity

== English == === Alternative forms === (misspelling) timerity === Etymology === From Middle English temerite, temeryte, from Old French temerité, from Latin temeritās (“chance, accident, rashness”), from temere (“by chance, casually, rashly”). By surface analysis, temer(arious) +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɪˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti/, /təˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti/ (General American) IPA(key): /təˈmɛɹ.ə.ti/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈʈɛmərɪʈi/, /ʈɪməˈrɪʈi/ Rhymes: -ɛɹəti === Noun === temerity (countable and uncountable, plural temerities) (uncountable) Reckless boldness; foolish bravery. Synonyms: audacity, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness 1569, Thomas Pearson, trans., "The Second Paradox," in The booke of Marcus Tullius Cicero entituled Paradoxa Stoicorum, T. Marshe (London), Neyther the spightfull temerity and rashnes of variable fortune, nor the envious hart burning and in iurious hatred of mine enemies shold be able once to damnify me. (countable) An act or case of reckless boldness. (uncountable) Effrontery; impudence. Synonyms: brashness, cheek, gall, chutzpah ==== Derived terms ==== temeritous ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “temerity”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “temerity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “temerity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.