boldacious
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From blend of bold + audacious.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
boldacious (comparative more boldacious, superlative most boldacious)
- (US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
References edit
- “boldacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BOLDACIOUS”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
- ^ “boldacious”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225