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audacity
English
Etymology
From late Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audacitas, from Latin audax (“bold”), from aude? (“I am bold, I dare”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ô-d??s?ti, IPA(key): /???dæs?ti/
- (US) enPR: ô-d??s?ti, IPA(key): /??dæs?ti/
Noun
audacity (countable and uncountable, plural audacities)
- Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- The brash private had the audacity to criticize the general.
- Somebody never pays his loans, yet he has the audacity to ask the bank for money.
- Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
Synonyms
- (insolent boldness): audaciousness, outdaciousness, temerity
Related terms
- audacious
Translations
Further reading
- audacity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- audacity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- audacity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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bravado
English
Alternative forms
- bravade (obsolete)
Etymology
From French bravade (“bragging or boasting”), from Italian bravata, from verb bravare (“brag, boast”), from bravo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b????v??do?/, /br??v??do?/
- Rhymes: -??d??
Noun
bravado (countable and uncountable, plural bravados or bravadoes)
- A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
- 1990 Amy Longsdorf, K.T. Oslin: Personality, Wit and Style To Spare", The Morning Call[1]
- Songs like "Hey Bobby", and "Do Ya" drip with innuendo and sexual bravado.
- Rosa Mulholland, The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly
- For a bravado he had the organ taken down and conveyed to his father's house, where he had it put up in the chamber where it now stands. It was also for a bravado that he played on it every day. But, by?and?by, the amount of time which he spent at it daily began to increase rapidly.
- 1990 Amy Longsdorf, K.T. Oslin: Personality, Wit and Style To Spare", The Morning Call[1]
- A false show of courage. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) A swaggerer; a braggart.
Translations
Verb
bravado (third-person singular simple present bravados, present participle bravadoing, simple past and past participle bravadoed)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swagger; to brag.
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