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Temerarious


TEMERA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin temerarius; from the root of time, tempest, which see. The sense is rushing or advancing forward.]

1. Rash; headstrong; unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; as temerarious folly.

2. Careless; heedless; done at random; as the temerarious dash of an unguided pen.

[This word is not much used.]