Definition of "temerarious" [tem•er•a•ri•ous]

• Presumptuously or recklessly daring: "I would never have been temerarious enough to make use of such a title on my own” ( Brendan Gill). See Synonyms at reckless. (adjective)

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• "It was a "temerarious" task to attempt to revive the types which, from the days of Harrison's _Essayists_, had occupied so many of the earlier illustrators."
• "IV, vi) before his elevation to the pontificate did hold the opinion, which later theologians branded as "temerarious", that Christ consecrated without words by means of the mere "benediction"."
• "Père did insist on feeding potato chips to a temerarious chipmunk, over our objections."