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audacious
English
Etymology
From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from aude? (“I am bold, I dare”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ô-d??sh?s IPA(key): /???de???s/
- (US) enPR: ô-d??sh?s IPA(key): /??de???s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
Adjective
audacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
- Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- Impudent, insolent.
Synonyms
- (willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious
Antonyms
- (willing to take bold risks): shy, cautious, prudent
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Further reading
- audacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- audacious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- audacious at OneLook Dictionary Search
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adventuresome
English
Etymology
adventure +? -some
Adjective
adventuresome (comparative more adventuresome, superlative most adventuresome)
- Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
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