temerarious

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It might seem temerarious for an individual to buck the world's greatest oil companies, but not when the individual was Gulbenkian; he was an old hand at it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bernard Shaw finished editing and returned a collection of 100-odd Shaw sayings to Cyril Clemens, a temerarious admirer from Kirkwood, Mo. Shaw denied some of the items, okayed others, rewrote a few more.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had orders not to admit any gentleman visitor till after twelve o'clock, from which he drew the temerarious conclusion that he was free to admit ladies up to that hour.

From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

He had patronised, snubbed, or encouraged High Mobsmen of more temerarious habit, had profited by their exploits, and had read of their convictions and sentences with placid interest in the morning papers.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur

For even within the limits of the Three Gases, Plattner's practical chemistry was, I understand, temerarious.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)