Posted on 03/05/2009 4:20:35 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
temerity \tuh-MER-uh-tee\, noun
Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness.
Example sentences:
The elaborate caution with which the British commander now proceeded stands out in striking contrast with the temerity of his advance upon Bunker Hill in the preceding year.
-- John Fiske, "Washington's Great Campaign of 1776", The Atlantic, January 1889
When English merchants had the temerity to set up a trading post or 'factory' -- junior merchants were known as factors -- the Dutchmen defended their monopoly by massacring them.
-- Anthony Read and David Fisher, The Proudest Day
Drivers with the temerity to accelerate out of turns are likely to encounter torque steer, an unsettling glitch in control as the engine fights to take charge of the steering.
-- Peter Passell, "Mitsubishi Diamante: Back From Down Under", New York Times, February 23, 1997
Throughout the anti-trust trial its executives treated the courts and the US government with sneering contempt, coupled with a ratty annoyance that any public authority should have the temerity to interfere in its business.
-- John Naughton, "Gates must not win at monopoly", The Observer, October 28, 2001
Etymology:
Temerity comes from Latin temeritas, from temere, blindly, rashly.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine!
How sad it has been to watch Americans believe with temerity
the lies of MSM, desiged to foist Obama upon America so as to
dismantle the country for America’s enemies.
The temerity of the current administration in fighting ghosts and goblins while real threats go unanswered.
Sad but true. A for you.
You left me hanging there. A for you.
I'd change that to his temerity and lack of vision. A for you.
It is disappointing on how the Kennedy Clan has the temerity to proudly announce that Teddy, at the end of his life, will receive an honorary knighthood for his career while lying for 40 years in a cold grave is a young woman, forgotten by the press, and ignored by Teddy for political expediancy.
I could not agree more. A for you. Get your office ready. I have an appointment today and it won’t be pretty.
i just got my email reminder from mine; my appt is next tues. i hate the dentist. have i said so recently? ; )
How brash and annoying of Rush Limbaugh to have the temerity to continue speaking when he knows it is unpleasant and tiresome to his betters. Why, the upstart probably still flies in a private jet!
I’ll give you the real novacaine this time.
There was also the brouhaha about the Brown snub in not allowing the joint press conference that was a tradition with the Bush White House. Their handlers aren’t very good at their jobs. A+ for you.
i know. Here he was supposed to raise the opinion of eureopean allies of the US and he’s dissing them right and left.
A for you and the outspoken conservative.
Hello :)
Isn't Tamara T. the daughter of that actor?
No epi please. :-)
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