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dauntless

[dawnt-lis, dahnt-] Origin

daunt·less

[dawnt-lis, dahnt-]
adjective
1.
not to be daunted or intimidated; fearless; intrepid; bold: a dauntless hero.
noun
2.
(initial capital letter) Also called Douglas SBD. the principal U.S. Navy fleet bomber of early World War II, capable of carrying bombs or depth charges and particularly successful as a dive bomber.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1585–95; daunt + -less

daunt·less·ly, adverb
daunt·less·ness, noun


1. undaunted, daring, indomitable, brave, courageous.


1. fearful, timid.

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dauntless (ˈdɔːntlɪs)
 
adj
bold; fearless; intrepid
 
'dauntlessly
 
adv
 
'dauntlessness
 
n

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dauntless
1590s, from daunt + -less.
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