temerariousness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

temerarious +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

temerariousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being temerarious.
    • 1912, William Crary Brownell, French Art, Classic and Contemporary, Painting and Sculpture, page 55:
      [] in whose works individual preference and predilection seem to have a swing whose very freedom and irresponsible audacity extort admiration — compared with the confident temerariousness of what is known as modernity their most noteworth characteristics.