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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

무모함

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mumoham

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Temerity/təˈmer.ə.ti/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #6800 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 감히 그런 무모함을 보였다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

    "He had the temerity to call me a liar."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'temeritas', meaning 'blindness, rashness, or accidentalness', originating from 'temere', meaning 'by chance' or 'rashly'. Over centuries in Middle French and English, it evolved to designate excessive boldness or brazen confidence that disregards danger or propriety.

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