audacious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
  2. Impudent, insolent.

Pronunciation

ô-dāʹshəs /ɔːˈdeɪ.ʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-audacious.wav /ɔˈdeɪ.ʃəs/ /ɑˈdeɪ.ʃəs/

Word forms

audacious more audacious most audacious

Etymology

From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

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