| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | au·da·cious |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô-d  sh s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See synonyms at adventurous. , brave. 2. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent. 3. Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French audacieux, from Old French audace, boldness, from Latin audcia, from audx, audc-, bold, from aud re, to dare, from avidus, avid. See avid. | | OTHER FORMS: | au·dacious·ly —ADVERB
au·dacious·ness —NOUN
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