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temerity
noun [U] /təˈmer.ɪ.ti/
/-ə.t̬i/ formal disapprovingDefinition
› a willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people: [+ to infinitive] She had the temerity to call me a liar.Rude and cheekyRelating to sex and sexual desire
(Definition of temerity noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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