AUDACIOUS, AUDACITY
ADJECTIVES
1400 ► CROUSE audacious, bold, daring, hardy → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1400 ► DERF audacious, bold, daringly wicked → obs.
1566 ► FACING audacious, bold → obs.
1593 ► DARING-HARDY audacious, foolhardy, presumptuous → obs.
1789 ► BOLD AS BRASS audacious
1822 ► BARDY audacious, forward, pert, shameless; insolent; defiant → Sc.
1847 ► OWDACIOUS audacious, impudent, shameless, bold, incorrigible → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1884 ► FLY audacious, wild, impertinent; brash → US sl.
1885 ► OUTDACIOUS audacious, impudent, shameless, bold, incorrigible → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1891 ► OUDACIOUS audacious, bold → Amer. dial.
1898 ► BARE audacious; also, mean, base → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
L19.. ► NERVY audacious, daring, pushing one’s luck → orig. US
1900 ► CRUSTY audacious, nervy → Amer. sl.
1908 ► BARDACIOUS → BODACIOUS audacious, unceremonious → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1579 ► HARDIHEAD audacity, boldness, hardiness → arch.
1590 ► PRESUME audacity, presumption → obs.
17C.. ► FACE audacity, impudence → US sl.
17C.. ► FACIAL AREA audacity, impudence → US sl.
1679 ► AFFRONTERY shameless audacity, effrontery; unblushing insolence
1682 ► BRASS audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence
1840 ► CHEEK audacity, impudent talk; effrontery → sl.
1853 ► CHUTZBAH → CHUTZPA → CHUTZPAH audacity, impudence; effrontery → Yiddish
1874 ► DAREDNESS audacity, boldness → Eng. dial.
1887 ► NERVE audacity, effrontery, impudence, cheek
1893 ► NECK audacity, effrontery → sl.
20C.. ► ONCE A WEEK audacity, cheek, impudence → rhyming sl.
1900 ► CRUST audacity, gall, nerve → Amer. sl.
1903 ► RIND audacity, effrontery → sl.
1910 ► GUTS audacity, cheek, nerve → sl.
1940 ► RABBIT audacity, cheek → sl.
1964 ► BALLS audacity, effrontery → US sl.
1966 ► BRASH audacity, boldness, forwardness → Amer. dial.
1984 ► BRASS NECK audacity, effrontery; courage; nerve; impudence → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1535 ► BELLOMY an audacious or blustering man → Sc. obs.
1905 ► HELLION an audacious, desperate person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1890 ► TAKE THE CAKE to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics → US colloq.
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