intemerate

English

Alternative forms

• intemerated (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Latin intemerātus, from in- (“without, not”) + temerō (“violate”), from temerē (“by chance, casually, rashly”), whence also temerity.

Adjective

intemerate (comparative more intemerate, superlative most intemerate)

1. (rare) pure, undefiled, chaste

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:intemerate.

Italian

Adjective

intemerate

1. feminine plural of intemerato

Latin

Adjective

intemerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of intemerātus

References

• “intemerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intemerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.