AUDACITY


Meaning of AUDACITY in English

/aw das"i tee/ , n. , pl. audacities .

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

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

3. Usually, audacities . audacious acts or statements.

[ 1400-50; late ME audacite audac-, s. of audax daring (adj.) + -ite -ITY ]

Syn. 1. nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness. 2. impudence, impertinence, brashness.

Ant. 1, 2. discretion, prudence.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .