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TEMERITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temerity mean?
• TEMERITY (noun)
The noun TEMERITY has 1 sense:
1. fearless daring
Familiarity information: TEMERITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fearless daring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
audaciousness; audacity; temerity
Hypernyms ("temerity" is a kind of...):
boldness; daring; hardihood; hardiness (the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger)
Derivation:
temerarious (presumptuously daring)
Context examples
Baseek was surprised by the other's temerity and swiftness of attack.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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