temerousadj.
/ˈtɛmərəs/ Now rare.
Rash, foolhardy; = 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
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adjective] > rash or overbold
hardy?c1225
over-hardyc1225
temeraryc1410
overbolda1425
temerous1461
temerarious1532
fool-bold1549
over-daringa1593
fool-heady1611
temeritous1892
1461 [see temerously adv. at Derivatives].
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 20 §1 Diuers..dispise the..decrees of the ecclesiastical courtes..in more temerous and large maner than before this time hath ben sene.
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 3 Thus maye all men of wisdom & discretion vnderstande the temerous madnes of the rvde commonaltye.
1622 E. Misselden Free Trade 88 Temerous, rash, and litigious suites of law.
1678 E. Coleman Two Lett. i. 3 Our Parliament..by the temerous Counsels of our Ministers, who then Governed, could never be useful.
1888 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 281 I have not the temerous intention of disputing..the correctness of the modern Latin pronunciation.
Derivatives
ˈtemerously adv. with temerity; rashly, presumptuously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly
recklesslyeOE
abandonc1330
rabbishlya1387
recklessa1450
savagelyc1450
temerarilyc1450
temerously1461
rashly?1518
temerariously1535
improvisedlya1538
hare-brainedlya1577
rash1591
wretchlessly?16..
over-rashly1609
bayardly1624
to run amok1689
harum-scarum1691
hell-bent1863
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adverb] > rashly
temerarilyc1450
temerously1461
temerariously1535
1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 463/2 Henry..temerously ayenst rightwisnes..rered were at Flynte in Wales.
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xiii. sig. Fvij [They] attempte not anye thyng temerouslye and rasshely.
1562 N. Winȝet Last Blast Trompet in Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 40 Osias, quha temeruslie in his arrogance ingerit him self to make sacrifice at the altare of God.
ˈtemerousness n. rashness, temerity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness
recklessnessOE
resec1275
outragea1387
rechelesshipc1390
wantonnessc1390
hastivessa1393
recklesslaika1400
racklenessc1405
recklessheadc1410
headiness1447
temerity?a1475
lavishness1477
hastivitya1500
rashnessa1500
Ate1587
temerousness1598
temeritude1623
wretchlessness1625
hare-brainedness1656
rantum-scantum1695
temerariousness1711
blindness1796
devil-may-carishness1829
devil-may-careness1834
devil-may-care1836
rattle-brain1838
devil-may-careism1841
bullheadedness1858
harum-scarumness1863
madcappery1905
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > rashness
folly?c1225
reighshipc1275
temerity?a1475
rashnessa1500
audacity1531
overhardiness1594
over-daring1595
temerousness1598
daringness1622
temerariousness1711
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 42 b/1 Or els throughe temerousnes & timorousnes of the Chyrurgian.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Temerousness, Rashness, Unadvisedness.
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