audacity

== English == === Etymology === From late Middle English audacite, from Medieval Latin audacitas, from Latin audax (“bold”), from audeō (“I am bold, I dare”). === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: ô-dăʹsĭti, IPA(key): /ɔːˈdæ.sɪ.ti/ (US) enPR: ô-dăʹsĭti, IPA(key): /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/, [ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ti/, [ɑˈdæ.sɪ.ɾi] Hyphenation: au‧da‧ci‧ty Rhymes: -æsɪti === Noun === audacity (countable and uncountable, plural audacities) Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional. Synonyms: audaciousness, chutzpah, outdaciousness, temerity, gall Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== audacious ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “audacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “audacity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “audacity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.