The Only Use of
temerity
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- And so a quiet, respectable, humble Negro who had the unmitigated temerity to 'feel sorry' for a white woman has had to put his word against two white people's.
p. 232.4temerity = boldness (to do something others consider beyond the limits of what is proper)
Definition:
boldness -- typically to say something others consider rude or upsetting