audacity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

ô-dăʹsĭti /ɔːˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ [ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi] en-us-audacity.ogg /ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ [ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi]

audacity audacities

From late Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audacitas, from Latin audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

audaciousness chutzpah outdaciousness temerity gall

audacious

Caucasity inaudacity ovarian audacity

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