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au·dac·i·ty
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ɪ
ti
/
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aw-
das
-i-tee
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noun,
plural
au·dac·i·ties.
1.
boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
2.
effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness:
His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.
3.
Usually,
audacities.
audacious
acts or statements.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
audacite
<
Latin
audāc-,
stem of
audāx
daring (adj.) +
-ite
-ity
Synonyms
1.
nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness.
2.
impudence, impertinence, brashness.
Antonyms
1, 2.
discretion, prudence.
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World English Dictionary
audacious
(ɔːˈdeɪʃəs)
—
adj
1.
recklessly bold or daring; fearless
2.
impudent or presumptuous
[C16: from Latin
audāx
bold, from
audēre
to dare]
au'daciously
—
adv
au'daciousness
—
n
audacity
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
audacity
mid-15c., from M.L. audacitas "boldness," from L. audacis gen. of audax "brave," but more often "bold" in a bad sense, from audere "to dare, be bold."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Her sweetness of tone makes it easy to miss her bleak
audacity
.
Pardon us for having the
audacity
to expect things to work all the time.
Only I have the
audacity
and guts to admit to it.
What they lacked in finesse they tried to compensate with
audacity
.
His
audacity
is breathtaking, his imagination infectious, his humor as vicious as it is delectable.
The audience was roaring with laughter at its sheer
audacity
and outrageousness.
One is a hybrid of passion and oligarchy,
audacity
and caution, intelligence and populism.
He was flabbergasted, not only by the scale of the projects but also by the
audacity
of their setting.
It was remarkable for its sheer
audacity
, if nothing else.
Success is the child of
audacity
.
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