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Etymology

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temerarious +‎ -ness

Noun

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temerariousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being temerarious.
    • 1912, William Crary Brownell, French Art, Classic and Contemporary, Painting and Sculpture, page 55:
      [...] in whose works individual preference and predilection seem to have a swing whose very freedom and irresponsible audacity extort admiration — compared with the confident temerariousness of what is known as modernity their most noteworth characteristics.