audacious
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin audacia (“‘boldness’”) < audax (“‘bold’”) < audeō (“‘I am bold, I dare’”)
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audacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
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- Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
- Impudent.
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- (willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious
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showing willingness to take bold risks
impudent
[edit] External links
- audacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- audacious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- audacious at OneLook® Dictionary Search