audacious (cio us as shus)

[From Fr. audacieux; Sp. & Port. audaz; Ital. audace.] Lat. andax; from audeo = to dare, to venture.] Adventurous, bold, daring, spirited. † 1. In a good or an indifferent sense: Brave; valiant. "Audacious Hector! if the gods ordain That great Achilles rise rise and rage agrin. What toils attend thee, and what woes remain" Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. χ., 118-120, 2. In a bad sense: (a) Of persons: Bold, impudent; with shamele effrontery; with contempt for law, human and divine. "Of the members of the House of Commons who were animated by these feelings, the fiercest and most audacious was Howe."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. (b) Of conduct : Proceeding from and indicating boldne in a bad sense; the offspring of shamele effrontry. "Such is thy audacious wickedne , Thy lewd, pest if rous and di entious pranks." Shakesp. 1 Henry Fl., iii. 1. âu-dā'-cio us-lý (cio us as shus), adv . [Eng. audacious ; suff. -ly .] In an audacious manner; boldly, impudently. (Shakesp.: Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2.) âu-dā'-cio us-ne (cio us as shus), s [Eng. audacious ; -ne .] The quality of being audacious; boldne , impudence, audacity. (P. Holland : Livy , p. 458.)