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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
audacious
 
SYLLABICATION:au·da·cious
PRONUNCIATION:  ô-dshs
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 audre, to dare, from avidus, avid. See avid.
OTHER FORMS:au·dacious·ly —ADVERB
au·dacious·ness —NOUN
 
 
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