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temeration

temeration noun: temerity.

Noun

temeration (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) temerity
    • the ancients did hide a light , and keep it in a dark lanthorn from the temeration of ruder handlings and popular preachers1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

Origin of temeration

From Latin temerare (“to defile”).

Questions about temeration

What does temeration mean?
Temeration means temerity.
What part of speech is temeration?
Temeration is a noun.

Words near temeration in the dictionary

  1. temephos
  2. temerarious
  3. temerariously
  4. temerariousness
  5. temerary
  6. temeration
  7. temerities
  8. temeritous
  9. temerity
  10. temerous
  11. temerously

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