Temerarious(tem-uh-RARE-ee-us) — from the Latin for “heedless” — means reckless or rash.
Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “The truth is that the most successful entrepreneurs started small and took modest, calculated risks. They were not temerarious and brave, as the business magazines would have you believe.”
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