intemerate

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin intemerātus, from in- (without, not) + temerō (violate), from temerē (by chance, casually, rashly), whence also temerity.

Adjective

intemerate (comparative more intemerate, superlative most intemerate)

  1. (rare) pure, undefiled, chaste

Quotations

Italian

Adjective

intemerate

  1. feminine plural of intemerato

Latin

Adjective

intemerāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of intemerātus

References

  • intemerate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • intemerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.