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Definition of Temerities
1. temerity [n] - See also: temerity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temerities
Literary usage of Temerities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1838)
"But nis innovations are sometimes pleasing and his temerities happy : ho has many
... against slight offence or casual temerities, against crimes never ..."
2. France by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth), Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1898)
"Twice, in 1109 and in 1118, he had war in Normandy with Henry I., king of England,
and he therein was guilty of certain temerities resulting in a reverse, ..."
3. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1897)
"modern temerities, our prodigal imagery, our jostled figures, our habit of
gesticulation, our striving for effect, all our bad literary customs have ..."
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