Etymology

intemerate

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Latin intemerātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromintemerātus
  2. English todayintemerate

First attested in 1492, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin intemerātus, from in- (“not”) + temerātus, perfect passive participle of temerō (“to violate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from temerē (“by chance, casually, rashly”).

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