temerity

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This temerity is admirable in Crowley's film, and even if the film's setup is by now quite conventional, a great supporting cast of young and old British actors (including Anne-Marie Duff and David Morrissey as Edward's quarrelsome parents) carries some of its more contrived melodramatics.

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  1. noun Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.

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  • He pronounced Loretto a madman for his temerity, but bade him depart in peace. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
  • This temerity is admirable in Crowley's film, and even if the film's setup is by now quite conventional, a great supporting cast of young and old British actors (including Anne-Marie Duff and David Morrissey as Edward's quarrelsome parents) carries some of its more contrived melodramatics. —  indieWIRE News
  • In a written statement, Doğan condemned what he described as the temerity of some members of the ruling party in resorting to threats and untruths to silence the media. —  Turkishdailynews Headlines
  • Wonder at his temerity was the impression made by the news, but wonder unmixed with apprehension. —  The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3
  • This temerity was destined to cost them dear. —  The First White Man of the West
 

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  1. Middle English temerite, from Old French, from Latin temeritās, from temere, rashly.

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  1. = French témérité = Provencal temeritat = Spanish temeridad = Portuguese temeridade = Italian temerità, from Latin temerita(t-)s, chance, accident, rashness, from temere, by chance, casually, rashly. Cf. temerous.
 

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