temerarious

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It might seem temerarious for an individual to buck the world's greatest oil companies, but not when the individual was Gulbenkian; he was an old hand at it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bernard Shaw finished editing and returned a collection of 100-odd Shaw sayings to Cyril Clemens, a temerarious admirer from Kirkwood, Mo. Shaw denied some of the items, okayed others, rewrote a few more.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only the most temerarious ever ventured to ask a forecast of Mrs. Owen's plans.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

Hopes, fears, anticipations were exchanged, but cautiously and in whispers, like young bathers who test the chill of the sea with bent, temerarious toes.

From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

He awaited results with a mixed interest, but the farther history of that temerarious despatch he never learned.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James