bodacious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/ UK /bəʊˈdeɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
remarkable, bold, or impressively large

She made a bodacious entrance in a feathered scarlet gown.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · remarkable, bold, or... bold audacious remarkable outstanding impressive striking gutsy prodigious

Opposites

timid unremarkable ordinary

Word family

Derived forms bodaciouslybodaciousness

Related forms audacious

Etymology

A US dialectal (originally Southern) coinage of the mid-19th century, probably a blend of bold and audacious; popularized in late-20th-century slang.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# bodacious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/
**IPA (UK):** /bəʊˈdeɪʃəs/

## Meanings
1. remarkable, bold, or impressively large

## Examples
- She made a bodacious entrance in a feathered scarlet gown.

## Synonyms
- bold
- audacious
- remarkable
- outstanding
- impressive
- striking
- gutsy
- prodigious

## Antonyms
- timid
- unremarkable
- ordinary

## Derived Forms
- bodaciously
- bodaciousness

## Related Forms
- audacious

## Etymology
A US dialectal (originally Southern) coinage of the mid-19th century, probably a blend of bold and audacious; popularized in late-20th-century slang.

## AI Etymology
Bodacious is a US dialectal (originally Southern) coinage of the mid-19th century, probably a blend of bold and audacious; popularized in late-20th-century slang. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers remarkable, bold, or impressively large. The wider family includes derived forms such as bodaciously and bodaciousness and related words such as audacious.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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