temeration

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noun

temerity

OriginLatin temerare →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nountemeration (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountabletemerity

    the ancients did hide a light , and keep it in a dark lanthorn from the temeration of ruder handlings and popular preachers

    1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latintemerare“to defile”
  2. Englishtemeration

From Latin temerare (“to defile”).

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “temeration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temeration.

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