Both Uses of
temerity
in
Jude the Obscure
- How could Sue have had the temerity to ask him to do it—a cruelty possibly to herself as well as to him?†
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- And it seems awful temerity in us two to go marrying!†
Part 5
Definition:
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(temerity) boldness -- typically to say something others consider rude or upsetting