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Name Temerity
Gender Feminine
Usage English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced Pron. tə-MER-i-dee
Other Forms FormsTemeritie
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Meaning & History
From the English word meaning "audacity, recklessness, foolhardy disregard of danger", which is ultimately from Latin temeritatem "blind chance, accident, rashness" (nominative temeritas), from temere "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly", related to tenebrae "darkness" (from the Indo-European root *temes- meaning "dark").