bodacious

bodacious
bodaciously, adv.
/boh day"sheuhs/, adj. South Midland and Southern U.S.
1. thorough; blatant; unmistakable: a bodacious gossip.
2. remarkable; outstanding: a bodacious story.
3. audacious; bold or brazen.
[1835-45; prob. to be identified with dial. (Devon, Cornwall) bo(w)ldacious brazen, impudent, b. BOLD and AUDACIOUS]

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