daredeviln.adj.
/ˈdɛːˌdɛvɪl/ A. n.
One ready to dare the devil; one who is recklessly daring.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > one who is recklessly daring
foolhardya1382
kill-devila1593
daredevil1794
1794 J. Wolcot Odes to Mr. Paine ii I deemed myself a dare-devil in rhime.
1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning (1851) 152 A dangerous, desperate, reckless dare-devil.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §1. 732 Robert Clive..an idle dare-devil of a boy whom his friends had been glad to get rid of.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to a daredevil; recklessly daring.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [adjective]
audacious1550
saucy1609
daredevil1832
death or glory1840
James Bondish1966
James Bond1967
1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 193 A certain dare-devil cast of countenance.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. 159 Plenty of dare-devil skippers ready to bring cargoes.
Derivatives
ˈdareˌdevilish adj.
ˈdareˌdevilism n.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun]
hardydardya1529
audaciousness1598
diablerie1751
devilry1841
devilment1843
daredevilry1859
daredeviltry1881
daredevilism1886
1886 Blackwood's Mag. 111 737 His faults were dare-devilism and recklessness.
ˈdareˌdevilry n.
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the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun]
hardydardya1529
audaciousness1598
diablerie1751
devilry1841
devilment1843
daredevilry1859
daredeviltry1881
daredevilism1886
1859 Sat. Rev. 8 24/2 The dare-devilry which prompts a respectable girl to make her way into the haunts of vice.
1886 R. C. Praed Miss Jacobsen's Chance I. vi. 111 The spice of dare-devilry in him was in piquant contrast to, etc.
daredeviltry n. U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun]
hardydardya1529
audaciousness1598
diablerie1751
devilry1841
devilment1843
daredevilry1859
daredeviltry1881
daredevilism1886
1881 N.Y. Nation 32 369 No city has for courage and dare-deviltry surpassed Milan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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