Etymology

audacious

au·da·cious
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Today it means: Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring. Full definition →

Latin audacia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromaudacia“boldness”
  2. English todayaudacious

From Latin audacia (“boldness”) + -ious, from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).

Words from the same roots

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inaudacious

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