temerity
61chutzpah — also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa noun Etymology: Yiddish khutspe, from Late Hebrew ḥuṣpāh Date: 1883 supreme self confidence ; nerve, gall Synonyms: see temerity …
62effrontery — noun (plural teries) Etymology: French effronterie, ultimately from Medieval Latin effront , effrons shameless, from Latin ex + front , frons forehead Date: 1697 shameless boldness ; insolence Synonyms: see temerity …
63hardihood — noun Date: 1570 1. a. resolute courage and fortitude b. resolute and self assured audacity often carried to the point of impudent insolence 2. vigor, robustness Synonyms: see temerity …
64temerarious — adjective Etymology: Latin temerarius, from temere Date: 1532 marked by temerity ; rashly or presumptuously daring < a temerarious comment > • temerariously adverb • temerariousness noun …
65Tenebrae — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin, darkness more at temerity Date: 1651 a church service observed during the final part of Holy Week commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ …
66tenebrionid — noun Etymology: New Latin Tenebrionidae, from Tenebrion , Tenebrio, type genus, from Latin, one that shuns the light, from tenebrae darkness more at temerity Date: 1902 darkling beetle • tenebrionid adjective …
67cheek — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cheke, from Old English cēace; akin to Middle Low German kāke jawbone Date: before 12th century 1. the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth; broadly the lateral aspect of… …
68gall — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gealla; akin to Greek cholē, cholos gall, wrath, Old English geolu yellow more at yellow Date: before 12th century 1. a. bile; especially bile obtained from an animal and used in the arts or… …
69nerve — I. noun Etymology: Latin nervus sinew, nerve; akin to Greek neuron sinew, nerve, nēn to spin more at needle Date: 14th century 1. sinew, tendon < strain every nerve > 2. any of the filamentous bands of nervous tissue that connect parts of the… …
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