temer-

(Latin: rashly; at random, by chance; blindly; reckless; foolishly)

temerarious, temerous (adjective); more temerarious, most temerariou; more temerous, most temerous
1. Foolhardy and recklessly daring: It was a temerarious idea for early scientists to imagine the Earth circumnavigating the sun.
2. Rash; headstrong; unreasonably adventurous; despising danger: Mary's temerarious aunt is always ready to dash off to a new adventure. Now she is planning to go canoeing down the Mackenzie River in Canada.
3. Careless; heedless; done at random: With a temerarious dash of his pen, the tenant signed a generous check for the landlord.
Rash and reckless.
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Unreasonably venturous and taking chances.
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temerariously (adverb), more temerariously, most temerariously
Outdated, regarding how something is performed in a reckless, daring, or bold way: In the adventure story, the prince drew his sword and fought the enemy temerariously until his foe fell to the ground.
temerariousness (s) (noun) (no pl)
A condition resulting in brashness or foolhardiness: Tom's temerariousness was well known among his colleagues, especially when he entered his boss's office without knocking and took his notebook right off his desk!
temerary (adjective) (not comparable)
1. Outdated, rash, reckless: Jeff seemed to be a very temerary driver because he caused too many accidents in a short time.
2. Reprehensibly heedless or careless; culpably negligent: Mary was quite temerary in her younger years because she always lost her money whenever she went shopping.
temeration (s) (noun) (no pl)
Outdated, temerity; boldness; rashness: The young prince showed a lot of temeration when he fought the dragon.
temeritous (adjective), more temeritous, most temeritous
Concerning a person who is full of temerity; rash; audacious: Only one of the students in Jim's class was temeritous enough to stand up to the very strict and sever teacher.
temerity (s) (noun), temerities (pl)
1. Foolhardy contempt for or disregard of danger; recklessness; rashness: The plan to ride across the desert by camel showed a remarkable temerity on the part of the explorer.
2. Reckless confidence that might be considered to be rude or offensive: No one had the temerity, or audacity, to challenge the senior manager's decision.
3. Etymology: from Middle French témérité; from Latin temeritatem, temeritas, "blind chance, accident, rashness"; from Latin temere, "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly"; related to tenebrae, "darkness".
Rashly unreasonable in the face of danger.
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Irrational disregard for a dangerous move.
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The elaborate caution with which the British commander now proceeded stands out in striking contrast with the temerity of his advance upon Bunker Hill in the preceding year.

—John Fiske, "Washington's Great Campaign of 1776",
The Atlantic, January, 1989.

Drivers with the temerity to accelerate out of turns are likely to encounter torque steer, an unsettling glitch in control as the engine fights to take charge of the steering.

—Peter Passell, "Mitsubishi Diamante: Back From Down Under",
New York Times, February 23, 1997.
temerosity (s) (noun) (no pl)
Excessive boldness; rashness; foolhardiness, recklessness: Jack didn't survive the car accident he caused because of his temerosity of driving much too fast and of passing cars dangerously.

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "chance, luck, fate": aleato-; auspic-; cad-; fortu-; -mancy; serendipity; sorc-; tycho-.