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bodacious

Pronunciation: /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/

The English word “bodacious” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Audacious and unrestrained.
  2. Incorrigible and insolent.
  3. Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
  4. Sexy, attractive.

adverb

  1. Bodaciously.

Etymology

Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina) or a blend of bold and audacious.

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