† ˈtemeˌrare, a. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 temerar, -air.
[a. F. temeraire (1461 in Godef. Compl.), ad. L. temerārius: cf. next and temerary.]
= next, 1.
| 1549 Compl. Scot. (1873) 6, I..hes tane ane temerare consait to present to ȝour nobil grace ane tracteit of the fyrst laubir of my pen. Ibid. xvii. 153 Kyng cresus vas temerair in his question. 1581 Sat. Poems Reform. xliv. 333 Of haly Kirk ȝour temerar dispysing. |