bodacious
Use Bodacious in a sentence
ʃəs adjective
1.
South Midland and Southern U.S. thorough; blatant; unmistakable: a bodacious gossip.
2.
Slang.
a.
remarkable; outstanding: a bodacious story.
b.
audacious; bold or brazen.
c.
sexy; voluptuous.
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| —adj | |
| slang chiefly (US) impressive or remarkable; excellent | |
| [C19: from English dialect; blend of | |
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Bodacious
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
bodacious
1837 (implied in bodaciously), Southern U.S. slang, perhaps from bodyaciously "bodily, totally," or a blend of bold and audacious, which suits the earliest attested sense of the word. Popularized anew by 1982 Hollywood film "An Officer and a Gentleman."
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Slang Dictionary
bodacious definition[boˈdeʃəs]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
They didn't hug the hips correctly or make the booty bodacious.
Customers stand in a narrow space decorated with posters of bodacious babes on motorbikes, advertising beer.
If you have some kids in tow, you'll find this show bodacious.
These bodacious barnyard buddies present a show featuring amazing stunts and laughable antics.
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