TEMERITY
\tɛmˈɛɹɪti], \tɛmˈɛɹɪti], \t_ɛ_m_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
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Rashness; unwise willingness to take risks.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Rashness ; extreme boldness; daring;-unreasonable contempt of danger ; extreme venture someness; foolhardiness; precipitation; indiscretion.
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.