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Temerarious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Presumptuously or recklessly daring: "I would never have been temerarious enough to make use of such a title on my own” ( Brendan Gill). See Synonyms at reckless.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Recklessly daring or bold

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Heedless or careless of consequences; unreasonably venturous; reckless; headstrong; inconsiderate; rash; careless.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. presumptuously daring

Word Usage

"It was a "temerarious" task to attempt to revive the types which, from the days of Harrison's _Essayists_, had occupied so many of the earlier illustrators."

Equivalent

bold

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

rash headstrong audacious reckless heedless

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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