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adjective
- 1. excellent, admirable, or attractive: "bodacious babes"
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bodacious. adjective. bo· da· cious bō-ˈdā-shəs. Synonyms of bodacious. 1. Southern US and Midland US : outright, unmistakable. 2. : remarkable, noteworthy. a bodacious bargain. 3. : sexy, voluptuous. bodacious babes. bodaciously adverb. Did you know?
BODACIOUS definition: 1. very large or important, or something that people enjoy or admire: 2. very large or important…. Learn more.
Bodacious means bold, audacious, and brazen. Sometimes it can mean attractive and sexy as well. The adjective bodacious is probably a blend of the words bold and audacious. It's a southern term, associated for a time with surfers, who might admire a particularly "bodacious wave."
If you say that someone is bodacious, you mean that they are appealing or sexually attractive. [ mainly US , informal ] ...such bodacious models as Elle Macpherson and Rachel Williams.
Definition of bodacious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the adjective bodacious is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for bodacious is from 1845, in the writing of William Tappan Thompson. bodacious is perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. See 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. From Wiktionary.
If you say that someone is bodacious, you mean that they are appealing or sexually attractive. [ mainly US , informal ] ...such bodacious models as Elle Macpherson and Rachel Williams.
Synonyms for BODACIOUS: prominent, noticeable, dramatic, remarkable, commanding, impressive, striking, brilliant; Antonyms of BODACIOUS: inconspicuous, subtle, unremarkable, unobtrusive, hidden, obscure, unnoticeable, dim.
Sep 27, 2024 · Adjective. [edit] bodacious (comparative more bodacious, superlative most bodacious) (US) Audacious and unrestrained. If you’re going to lie, you might as well tell a bodacious lie. (US) Incorrigible and insolent. You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel. (Australia, US, slang) Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
