temer- +
(Latin: rashly; at random, by chance; blindly; reckless; foolishly)
temerarious, temerariously
1. Presumptuously or recklessly daring.
2. Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
3. Rash; headstrong; unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; such as, temerarious folly.
4. Careless; heedless; done at random; for example, the temerarious dash of an unguided pen.
temerariousness
Marked by temerity; rashly or presumptuously daring.
temerary
1. Rash, reckless.
2. Reprehensibly heedless or careless; culpably negligent.
temerat
Adventurous, headstrong, too forward.
temeration
Temerity.
temeritous
Full of temerity; rash.
temerity
1. Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
2. Reckless confidence that might be offensive.
3. Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt for danger; rashness.
4. The quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment especially in a way that seems rude or foolish: "No one has the temerity, or audacity, to disagree with him."
5. Etymology: from Middle French
témérité; from Latin
temeritatem, temeritas, "blind chance, accident, rashness"; from Latin
temere, "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly"; related to
tenebrae, "darkness".
The elaborate caution with which the British commander now proceeded stands out in striking contrast with the
temerity of his advance upon Bunker Hill in the preceding year.
—John Fiske, "Washington's Great Campaign of 1776",
The Atlantic, January, 1989.
Drivers with the
temerity to accelerate out of turns are likely to encounter torque steer, an unsettling glitch in control as the engine fights to take charge of the steering.
—Peter Passell, "Mitsubishi Diamante: Back From Down Under",
New York Times, February 23, 1997.
temerosity
Excessive boldness; rashness; foolhardiness, recklessness.
temerous
Temerarious.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "chance, luck, fate":
aleato-;
auspic-;
cad-;
fortu-;
-mancy;
serendipity;
sorc-;
tycho-.
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