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We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.
Kary Mullis

Meaning of "temerity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TEMERITY

From Latin temeritās accident, from temere at random.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TEMERITY

temerity  [tɪˈmɛrɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEMERITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Temerity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TEMERITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Temerity

Temerity is a section of steep, gladed skiing terrain at Aspen Highlands, one of the four mountains owned and operated by the Aspen Skiing Company in Aspen, Colorado. "Boldness, to the point of being foolish," Temerity is designated as double-diamond experts-only terrain. Skiers and snowboarders should be practitced in tree skiing and aware of the dangers involved, and comfortable on experts-only mogul skiing runs such as Steeplechase before attempting.

Definition of temerity in the English dictionary

The definition of temerity in the dictionary is rashness or boldness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEMERITY


alterity
ɔːlˈtɛrɪtɪ
ambidexterity
ˌæmbɪdɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
asperity
æˈspɛrɪtɪ
austerity
ɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
celerity
sɪˈlɛrɪtɪ
charity
ˈtʃærɪtɪ
coprosperity
ˌkəʊprɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
dexterity
dɛkˈstɛrɪtɪ
ferity
ˈfɛrɪtɪ
majority
məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ
minority
maɪˈnɒrɪtɪ
posterity
pɒˈstɛrɪtɪ
pretty
ˈprɪtɪ
procerity
prəʊˈsɛrɪtɪ
prosperity
prɒˈspɛrɪtɪ
security
sɪˈkjʊərɪtɪ
sinisterity
ˌsɪnɪˈstɛrɪtɪ
verity
ˈvɛrɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEMERITY

temazepam
temblor
temenos
temerarious
temerariously
temerariousness
temerous
temerously
Temne
temp
temp.
Tempe
tempeh
temper
temper tantrum
tempera
temperability
temperable
temperalitie
temperament

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEMERITY

breach of security
clarity
homeland security
in the majority
indexterity
insincerity
integrity
inverity
jequerity
legerity
maturity
priority
purity
queerity
severity
similarity
sincerity
social security
solidarity
sorority

Synonyms and antonyms of temerity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TEMERITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «temerity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of temerity

Translation of «temerity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEMERITY

Find out the translation of temerity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of temerity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «temerity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冒然
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

temeridad
570 millions of speakers

English

temerity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उतावलापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التهور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безрассудство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

temeridade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হঠকারিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

témérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keberanian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kühnheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

向こう見ず
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

만용
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Temerity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh khinh suất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணிச்சலில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताठरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkusuzluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

audacia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zuchwałość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерозсудливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

temeritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τόλμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vermetelheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

temerity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

temerity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of temerity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEMERITY»

The term «temerity» is regularly used and occupies the 104.600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEMERITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «temerity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «temerity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about temerity

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2 QUOTES WITH «TEMERITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word temerity.
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Kary Mullis
We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.
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Joe Wurzelbacher
Yes, I have a website that puts out conservative news. Yes, I am part owner of a gun company. Yes, I'm a Republican who was cast into the limelight for having the temerity to confront Barack Obama on the question of redistributing wealth... But I'm a working man, and I'm working.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEMERITY»

Discover the use of temerity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to temerity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Temerity usually implies contempt of danger and consequent rashness; often it suggests, especially when a proposal or project is under discussion, a failure to estimate one's chances of success <impetuously brushed aside the legalistic ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Temerity
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Jules Reene, 2012
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
If temerity be not taken as a distinct ground for punishment, distinct from that of mendacity (the only species of fislsehood convertible into perjury,)_in that mse, in every instance of falsehood accompanied with temerity, but not with that complete ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1839
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The Secret Code of Japanese Candlesticks
Courage is the opposite of temerity. Courage in Bushido has a very precise meaning. It is knowing what must be done and doing it. Temerity is acting without sufficient knowledge. The coward is the one who, knowing how and why and when ...
Felipe Tudela, 2008
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Paley. HASTINESS. RASHNESS. TEMERITY. PRECIPITANCY. HASTINESS is the disposition to over-haste, and is applicable to too great quickness of feeling as well as action; as a hasty temper, a hasty act. The others relate only to actions.
‎1871
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English Synonymes Classified and Explained
The terms offered by the general were, that they should lay down their arms, and promise not to appear again in the field against the English They joyfully acceded to this ' ' Ii 4 _+_ Raskness— Temerity. Tomenty expresses a certain passive ...
George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed, 1866
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British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue: Volume II: 1567-1589
The main problem is the quick changes required of the two most burdened actors : Actor 3: sc.1—2, Contentation to Temerity; sc.4, Ignorance to Satan; sc.4— 5 , Satan to Contentation; in all three cases, no lines are allocated to cover the ...
Martin Wiggins, Catherine Richardson, 2012
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English Synonyms ...
Rashness — Temerity. Temerity expresses a certain passive state or quality of a man's mind. Rashness is its corresponding active quality. Temerity refers to the disposition ; rashness, to the act. We discover temerity in our resolutions, ...
George Frederick Graham, 1857
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Bolshevism at a Deadlock (Routledge Revivals)
THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA (a) New Methods The outstanding feature of Bolshevism is its temerity, and the fascination which it has exercised and continues to exercise on such wide circles of those in sympathy with socialism is ...
Karl Kautsky, 2014
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The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
Someone who rushes boldly into a situation without thinking about the consequences might be accused of rashness, while temerity implies exposing oneself needlessly to danger while failing to estimate one's chances of success. Rashness ...
Elizabeth Jewell, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEMERITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term temerity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bharat FC's temerity in finalizing transfers troubling
Bharat FC are yet to sign a player for the 2015-16 season as the club has delayed handing out contracts. The Pune-based outfit had agreed deals with several ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
2
Outlander Recap: My Cousin Jamie
Downstairs the unwashed rabble have the temerity to mock Jenny's labor pains to Ian's face. These are the forefathers of #GamerGate, one imagines. «Vulture, May 15»
3
The Guardian view of the press and Ed Miliband: it's the Leveson …
The big difference between those earlier Labour leaders and Mr Miliband is that he is the one with the temerity to attack media phone-hacking abuses. He is also ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
4
World Cup 2015 Semifinal Australia v/s India: I will sledge India if …
Johnson has some history with India in the sledging stakes and made them pay for having the temerity to lampoon him after he went wicket-less in the first ... «Daily News & Analysis, Mar 15»
5
Three Observations of Netanyahu's Speech to Congress
After nearly six weeks worth of temper tantrums from the Obama Administration and other Democrats because House Speaker John Boehner had the temerity to ... «American Spectator, Mar 15»
6
The irony of Mugabe's AU chairmanship
The fact that Mugabe also had the temerity to show up for an official inauguration of a new head of State when the results of the election had not fully been ... «Nehanda Radio, Feb 15»
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Temerity Theatre's THE ADDICTS Comes to TNC This Spring
Theater For The New City presents A Temerity Theatre Company production, "The Addicts," written by Ed Malin and directed by Janet Bentley. The production ... «Broadway World, Jan 15»
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Probe on into 'Violations' by Wildlife Warden
He has the temerity to build a diversion road in a deemed forest area to give connectivity to his property where he is building a luxury resort. This diversion road ... «The New Indian Express, Jan 15»
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Teen tourist bashed for 'having temerity to say he was a member of …
Faisal Aakbari was 18 when Glyn David Dickman repeatedly struck and seriously injured him at the outlaw motorcycle gang's clubhouse "for having the temerity ... «The Age, Nov 14»
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Obamacarian Says American Voters are Stupid
And then he has the temerity to “blame the stupidity of the American voter” for forcing the Obamacare duplicity. But we weren't fooled, which is why the ... «National Review Online, Nov 14»

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