1. Hardiesse.
2. Toupet.
Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness.
ETYM Latin temeritas, from temere by chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. French témérité.
An unreasonable contempt of danger; rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness, boldness.