Audacity | Definition of Audacity at Dictionary.com

[ aw- das -i-tee ]

/ ɔˈdæs ɪ ti /


noun, plural au·dac·i·ties.

boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.

Usually audacities . audacious or particularly bold or daring acts or statements.

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Origin of audacity

1400–50; late Middle English

audacite

<Latin

audāc-,

stem of

audāx

daring (adj.) +

-ite

-ity

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