audacious

[ aw-dey-shuhs ]
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adjective
  1. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.

  2. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.

  1. recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.

  2. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.

Origin of audacious

1
First recorded in 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous

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Other words from audacious

  • au·da·cious·ly, adverb
  • au·da·cious·ness, noun
  • un·au·da·cious, adjective
  • un·au·da·cious·ly, adverb
  • un·au·da·cious·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for audacious

audacious

/ (ɔːˈdeɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. recklessly bold or daring; fearless

  2. impudent or presumptuous

Origin of audacious

1
C16: from Latin audāx bold, from audēre to dare

Derived forms of audacious

  • audaciously, adverb
  • audaciousness or audacity (ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ), noun

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