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temerity

noun
🔊/təˈmerəti/
🔊/təˈmerəti/
 [uncountable] (formal)
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  1. extremely confident behaviour that people are likely to consider rude鲁莽；冒失；蛮勇
    • He had the temerity to call me a liar!他竟敢说我撒谎！🔊🔊
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin temeritas, from temere ‘rashly’.