The Dictionary Entry for 'Bodacious' Explored by the Lexivagant "MoribundMurdoch"

 Bodacious

Alternative Forms

  • bardacious
  • bowdacious

Etymology
Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”) (as in “the pigs broke into my fence and destroyed the potato patch bodyaciously”), South Carolina, or a blend of bold and audacious.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/

Part of Speech
Adjective

Definitions

  1. (US) Audacious and unrestrained.
    Example: If you’re going to lie, you might as well tell a bodacious lie.

  2. (US) Incorrigible and insolent.
    Example: You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel.

  3. (Australian slang, US slang) Impressively great in size; enormous; extraordinary.
    Example: That bodacious wave caught everyone by surprise at the beach.

  4. (of a person) Sexy; attractive.
    Example: She walked into the room with a bodacious confidence that turned heads.

Derived Terms

  • bodaciously (Adverb)
    (US, nonstandard) In a bodacious manner.
    Example: He bodaciously took the lead in the competition, surprising everyone.


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