temerarious.

Recklessly bold or daring without sufficient regard for risk or judgment.

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Words that belong together

• a temerarious attempt
• temerarious confidence

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His temerarious attempt succeeded, though success did not make it wise.

Temerarious confidence carried her past the last warning marker.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more temerarious; superlative most temerarious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.