temerarious
Example Sentences
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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
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
A little teasing was generally necessary, but the resistance today had begun to look ominous and Alec, as we know, too temerarious, had retired in disorder to the woodpile.
From The Imperialist by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Primarily and supremely man is always the pioneer of life, adventuring onward into the unknown, alone with his own temerarious, dauntless soul.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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)
