temera

[Etym. doubtful.] Ichthy.: A genus of Torpedinide (q. v.), from tropical and sub-tropical seas. The teeth are blunt, and the dorsal fins are absent. těm-e-rär-I-ous, a. [Latin temerarius, from temere rashly; French téméraire; Ital. & Sp. teme rario.] 1. Heedle or carele of consequences; unreasonably venturesome; rash, reckle , inconsid erate, headstrong. "The theological faculty of Paris have condemn'd their doctrine as temerarious."-Bp. Taylor A Discourse of Confirmation, § 1. 2. Carele , heedle ; done at random. "The wit of man could not persuade him that this was done by the temerarious dashes of an unguided pen." Ray: Creation. těm-ě-rär-i-ous-ly, adv. [Eng. temerarious; -ly. ] In a temerarious manner; rashly, reckle ly, heedle ly. "Mine opinion and sentence I do not temerariously define." Burnet: Records, vol. i., bk. iii., No. 21. *těm-ě-rā-tion, s. [Lat temeratus , pa. par. of temero=to pollute.) Pollution, contamination. "The teme ration of... popular preachers." -Jeremy Taylor: Sermons , iii. 312.