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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1549-1602, 1665-1667
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Temerar(e, -air(e, adj. [F. temeraire, L. temerārius. Cf. late ME and e.m.E. temerarie (c1410).] Rash; (excessively) bold. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 6/31.
I … hes tane ane temerare consait to present to ȝour nobil grace ane tracteit 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 12/24.
Temerair 1581 Satirical Poems xliv 333.
Ȝour filthie, fals misgysing, Of haly Kirk ȝour temerar dispysing 1582 Cal. Sc. P. VI 133.
[For fear of being esteemed either] temeraire [or presumptuous in troubling him] 1602 Colville Paraenese 17.
Beleuing the beames of holy scriptor can not burn temerar branes that flee thairunto 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 94.
Others … condamne al thir autheurs as temerare and rash
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