Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Remarkable; impressive.
- adjective Sexually attractive. Used chiefly of women.
- adjective Audacious; gutsy.
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- adjective US
Audacious andunrestrained . - adjective US
Incorrigible andinsolent . - adjective Australian slang, US slang Impressively great in size, and
enormous ;extraordinary . - adjective of a person
Sexy ,attractive . - adverb US, nonstandard
Bodaciously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unrestrained by convention or propriety
- adjective incorrigible
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Among men this term is often preceded by the word "bodacious" for some inexplicable reason.
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Among men this term is often preceded by the word "bodacious" for some inexplicable reason.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Lee Woodruff 2011
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From then on, they referred to the bodacious OSS assistant by that “Dumas title,” and on such a slender reed a mutual understanding was formed.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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From then on, they referred to the bodacious OSS assistant by that “Dumas title,” and on such a slender reed a mutual understanding was formed.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - It went viral as the ultimate example of being punished for circumstances beyond one's control: a woman who said she was fired from her banking job because she complained that her male colleagues called her bodacious figure a workplace distraction.
Debrahlee Lorenzana Asks Human Rights Officials To Investigate Citibank (VIDEO) 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - It went viral as the ultimate example of being punished for circumstances beyond one's control: a woman who said she was fired from her banking job because she complained that her male colleagues called her bodacious figure a workplace distraction.
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NEW YORK - It went viral as the ultimate example of being punished for circumstances beyond one's control: a woman who said she was fired from her banking job because she complained that her male colleagues called her bodacious figure a workplace distraction.
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It went viral as the ultimate example of being punished for circumstances beyond one's control: a woman who said she was fired from her banking job because she complained that her male colleagues called her bodacious figure a workplace distraction.
WRAL.com Top Stories 2010
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NEW YORK - It went viral as the ultimate example of being punished for circumstances beyond one's control: a woman who said she was fired from her banking job because she complained that her male colleagues called her bodacious figure a workplace distraction.
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It went viral as the ultimate example of being punished for circumstances beyond one's control: a woman who said she was fired from her banking job because she complained that her male colleagues called her bodacious figure a workplace distraction.
Freep.com - RSS 2010
koan commented on the word bodacious
bold, daring and audacious
December 5, 2008
toniatriggy@gmail.com commented on the word bodacious
I think it sounds sexy.
August 18, 2009
strev commented on the word bodacious
sounds sexy? damn tootin!
August 18, 2009
qms commented on the word bodacious
As one's hostess is always "gracious"
An estate is bound to be "spacious,"
And I hear a report
That to men of a sort
All "babes" are by nature "bodacious."
August 30, 2014