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English
Etymology
From blend of bold + audacious.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
boldacious (comparative more boldacious, superlative most boldacious)
- (US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
References
- “boldacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BOLDACIOUS”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: , volume 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, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225