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audacity
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[ɔːˈdasɪti], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a willingness to take bold risks
(e.g: he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan)
- rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence
(e.g: she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from medieval Latin audacitas, from audax, audac- ‘bold’ (see audacious)
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