Word to the Wise: Temerarious

"Temerarious" (tem-uh-RARE-ee-us) - from the Latin - means recklessly or presumptuously daring.

Example (as used by H.G. Wells in The New Machiavelli): "I have confessed myself a temerarious theologian, and in that passage from boyhood to manhood I ranged widely in my search for some permanently satisfying Truth."

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