intrepid
[in-trep-id]
- resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
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Contemporary Examples
Intrepid university students perched on the ceiling girders and roared out a football cheer: Cheer!
Bettles, Alaska has been a gateway for intrepid travelers who want to explore the pristine wilderness of the Arctic Circle.
Under the harsh sun and roaring sand of the wild Namib Desert, even the most intrepid find it impossible to stay put.
The intrepid adventurers are now walking the final 100 miles to the Pole.
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Historical Examples
Didst thou hear what Llywarch sang, The intrepid and bold old man?
Y GododinAneurin
The magnanimous and intrepid Logan resolved on making an effort to save him.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
Laurent had become an intrepid swimmer, and an indefatigable oarsman.
Therese RaquinEmile Zola
Thrasymachus is pacified, but the intrepid Glaucon insists on continuing the argument.
The RepublicPlato
He is quite as remarkable as an observer of nature as he is an intrepid navigator.
intrepid
- fearless; daring; bold
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin intrepidus, from in- 1 + trepidus fearful, timid
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Word Origin and History for intrepid
adj.
1620s (implied in intrepidness), from French intrépide (16c.) and directly from Latin intrepidus "unshaken, undaunted," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + trepidus "alarmed" (see trepidation). Related: Intrepidly.
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