temerity
11temerity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rashness, boldness, audacity, recklessness, daring, nerve, gall, brass (sl.), cheek (sl.). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. audacity, effrontery, boldness, hardihood, rashness, presumption, overconfidence,… …
12temerity — [[t]tɪme̱rɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N to inf (disapproval) If you say that a person has the temerity to do something, you are annoyed about something they have done which you think showed a lack of respect. He has even had the temerity to invoke… …
13temerity — noun /tɪˈmɛrəti,tɛˈmɛrəti,təˈmɛrəti/ a) Reckless boldness; foolish bravery. 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. b)… …
14temerity — noun (U) formal unreasonable confidence that is likely to offend someone: have the temerity to do sth: I was amazed that you had the temerity to ask the question …
15temerity — te|mer|i|ty [tıˈmerıti] n [U] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: temeritas, from temere in the dark, too quickly and carelessly ] when someone says or does something in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people and is likely to… …
16temerity — te|mer|i|ty [ tə merəti ] noun uncount FORMAL the confidence to do or say something, especially when this seems rude or surprising: NERVE: She wondered how she d had the temerity to stand up to him that morning …
17temerity — [15] Someone who behaves with temerity is etymologically acting in the ‘dark’. temper 500 The word was adapted from Latin temeritās ‘rashness’, a derivative of temere ‘blindly’, hence ‘rashly’. This in turn was formed from an unrecorded *temus… …
18temerity — UK [təˈmerətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] formal the confidence to do or say something, especially when this seems rude or surprising She wondered how she d had the temerity to stand up to him that morning …
19temerity — /təˈmɛrəti / (say tuh meruhtee) noun reckless boldness; rashness: *The premier attacks everybody who has the temerity to question the way this state is being bullied into submission. –aap news, 2000. {late Middle English temeryte, from Latin… …
20temerity — [15] Someone who behaves with temerity is etymologically acting in the ‘dark’. The word was adapted from Latin temeritās ‘rashness’, a derivative of temere ‘blindly’, hence ‘rashly’. This in turn was formed from an unrecorded *temus ‘darkness’, a …
