FEARLESS, FEARLESSLY, FEARLESSNESS
ADJECTIVES
► AWELESS fearless, bold, courageous → 1400
► BALDARACH fearless → 1830
► BARDACH stout, fearless → 1768 Sc.
► DOUGHTY fearless and resolute; stout-hearted → 1000 arch. or jocular usage
► GUTS-HIGH extremely courageous; fearless → 1958 Amer. sl.
► GUTS-UP extremely courageous; fearless → 1950 Amer. sl.
► IMPAVID fearless, undaunted → 1857
► RACKLE rash, violent, headstrong, fearless → 19C Eng. dial.
► TALLAWAH sturdy, fearless, physically capable → 1950 W. Indies sl.
ADVERBS
► IMPAVIDLY fearlessly → 1849
NOUNS
► IMPAVIDITY fearlessness → 1604
► KODAK COURAGE a brief burst of fearlessness encountered when being photographed → 1997 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► RAMBETTE a female ‘Rambo’; a reckless, fearless woman → 1992