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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)

  1. 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.
  2. 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)

  1. Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.

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