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English Dictionary: audacious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for audacious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
audacious adj invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" Synonym(s): audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell Synonym(s): audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" Synonym(s): audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Audacious \Auda"cious\, a. [F. audacieux, as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere to dare.] 1. Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. --Milton. 2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. [bd] Audacious* traitor.[b8] --Shak. [bd] Such audacious neighborhood.[b8] --Milton. 3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. [bd]Audacious cruelty.[b8] [bd]Audacious prate.[b8] --Shak.