† temerareadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
= temerarious adj. 1.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless
recklesseOE
redmodOE
unreckless?c1225
hastivec1300
racklec1300
testyc1374
rabbisha1387
temeraryc1410
temerous1461
rash1509
temerarious1532
hare-brained1548
temerarec1550
hare-brain1566
hot-spurred1573
overrash1577
hotspur1586
madcap1591
wretchless1598
Phaetontic1608
zeal-blind1615
Phaetontal1617
unresponsable1619
Phaetontical1630
phaetonicala1640
Phaetonic1708
hell-bent1731
harum-scarum1751
unresponsible1764
suicidal1768
rumgumptious1781
shy1787
devil-may-care1799
bullheaded1818
devil-may-carish1825
temeritous1892
kamikaze1952
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 5 I..hes tane ane temerare consait, to present to ȝour nobil grace, ane tracteit of the fyrst laubir of my pen.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 121 Kyng cresus vas temerair in his question.
1581 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xliv. 333 Of haly Kirk ȝour temerar dispysing.
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