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temerity

n.
US //təˈmɛɹəti// UK //tɛmˈɛɹɪti// temer·i·ty
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Origin

From Middle English temerite, temeryte, from Old French temerité, from Latin temeritās (“chance, accident, rashness”), from temere (“by chance, casually, rashly”). By surface analysis, temer(arious) + -ity.

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