Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

temerity

 

foolish or reckless boldness

 

Proceed with caution; temerity will get you killed.

 

Related English word: temerarious (reckless)

 

Latin root words: temeritas, temeritatis, f. - accident, chance; temerarius, temeraria, temerarium - rash, reckless; temere - accidentally, by chance

 

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