English Explanatory Dictionary

bodacious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Audacious and unrestrained.
  2. Incorrigible and insolent.
  3. Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
  4. Sexy, attractive.
adv
  1. Bodaciously.

Pronunciation

/boʊˈdeɪʃəs/ EN-AU ck1 bodacious.ogg

Word forms

bodacious more bodacious most bodacious bardacious boldacious bowdacious

Etymology

Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina) or a blend of bold and audacious.

Derived words

bodaciously bodaciousness bodalicious
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