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The definition of audacious is bold, daring or fearless.

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Wearing a very low cut dress to a conservative event is an example of audacious.
A shy housewife traveling to a war torn country alone is an example of an audacious act.

See audacious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

bold or daring; fearless
not restrained by a sense of shame or propriety; rudely bold; brazen

Origin: < L audacia, audacity < audax (gen. audacis), bold < audere, to dare, be bold

Related Forms:

audaciously adverb
audaciousness noun

See audacious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous, brave.
Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent.
Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.

Origin:

Origin: French audacieux

Origin: , from Old French audace, boldness

Origin: , from Latin audācia

Origin: , from audāx, audāc-, bold

Origin: , from audēre, to dare

Origin: , from avidus, avid; see avid

Related Forms:

au·daˈcious·ly adverb

au·daˈcious·ness noun

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