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Definition of "bodacious" [bodacious]

  • Remarkable; prodigious. (adjective)
  • Audacious; gutsy. (adjective)
  • Completely; extremely. (adverb)
  • Audaciously; boldly. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bodacious" in a sentence
  • "Among men this term is often preceded by the word "bodacious" for some inexplicable reason."
  • "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."
  • "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."
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