audacious
[ aw-dey-shuhs ]
/ ɔˈdeɪ ʃəs /
adjective
extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
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First recorded in 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous
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audacious
/ (ɔːˈdeɪʃəs) /
adjective
recklessly bold or daring; fearless
impudent or presumptuous
Derived forms of audacious
audaciously, adverbaudaciousness or audacity (ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for audacious
C16: from Latin audāx bold, from audēre to dare
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