audacityn.

/ɔːˈdasɪti/

Forms: Middle English audacite, Middle English–1500s audacyte, 1500s–1600s audacitie, 1600s audacitye, 1500s– audacity.

Etymology: < Latin audāc-em audacious adj. + -ity suffix; see -acity suffix: compare Italian audacita (Florio 1611).

a. Boldness, daring, intrepidity; confidence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [noun]

boldshipc1275

couragea1382

audacity1432

fierceness1490

confidence1526

spritec1540

gallantness1555

braverya1586

braveness1589

confidency1600

lion-heart1667

bravity1689

outdaciousness1778

nads1976

1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 61 Euery thynge is of more animosite and audacite in his universalle then his parte parcialle.

1538 Bible (Coverdale) Ded. It doth..encourage me now likewyse to use the same audacity toward your grace.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 454 Such is the audacitie of man, that hee hath learned to counterfeit Nature.

1714 R. Steele Lover (1723) 30 Some..have relapsed from the Audacity they had arrived at, into their first Bashfulness.

1839 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VII. liv. 292 Under the eye of the Emperor..nothing was impracticable to their audacity.

b. Bold departure from the conventional form; daring originality.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally

decoruma1568

humoura1568

variety1597

strength1608

uniformity1625

barbarity1644

freedom1645

boldness1677

correctness1684

clinquant1711

unity1712

contrast1713

meretriciousness1727

airiness1734

pathos1739

chastity1760

vigour1774

prettyism1789

mannerism1803

serio-comic1805

actuality1812

largeness1824

local colour1829

subjectivitya1834

idealism1841

pastoralism1842

inartisticalitya1849

academicism1852

realism1856

colour contrast1858

crampedness1858

niggling1858

audacity1859

superreality1859

literalism1860

pseudo-classicism1861

sensationalism1862

sensationism1862

chocolate box1865

pseudo-classicality1867

academism1871

actualism1872

academicalism1874

ethos1875

terribilità1877

local colouring1881

neoclassicism1893

mass effect1902

attack1905

verismo1908

kitsch1921

abstraction1923

self-consciousness1932

surreality1936

tension1941

build-up1942

sprezzatura1957

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 104 The beauty of its [a tower's] details and the audacity of its construction.

1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe Introd. 21 In strength and happy audacity of language.

2. Boldness combined with disregard of consequences; venturesomeness, rashness, recklessness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > rashness

folly?c1225

reighshipc1275

temerity?a1475

rashnessa1500

audacity1531

overhardiness1594

over-daring1595

temerousness1598

daringness1622

temerariousness1711

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. viii. sig. bi Audacitie..is an excessife & inordinate truste to escape all daungers.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 255 Fortitude is different from audacity, ferocity, inconsiderate temerity.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 9 Neither climate nor poverty..could tame the desperate audacity of his spirit.

3. Open disregard of the restraints of decorum or morality; effrontery, impudence, shamelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]

hardiessec1300

boldness1377

malapertness?a1439

over-boldnessc1450

insolencya1513

protervitya1527

impudency1529

sauce malapert1529

petulancy1537

procacitya1538

audacity1545

sauceliness1552

forehead1564

hardihead1579

hardihood1594

outfacing1598

audaciousness1599

impudentness1599

petulancea1600

impertinency1609

impertinence1612

impudencea1616

procacya1620

affrontedness1640

brow1642

front1653

insolence1668

affrontery1679

assurance1699

effrontery1715

affrontiveness1721

swagger1725

imperence1765

cheek1823

sassiness1834

cheekiness1838

pawk1855

gall1882

chutzpah1886

face1890

mouth1891

crust1900

rind1901

smarting1902

hide1916

brass neck1937

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vii.) f. 107 With the most arrogant audacite thei dare alter..and expowne gods lawes and gospell at their plesures.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 140 His Excellency was shocked at her audacity, and reprimanded her.

4. Boldness in the concrete, a bold creature.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [noun] > one who is daring

venturous1583

hardydardy1593

darer1614

audacity1658

adventurist1815

philobat1955

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 64 Those audacities, that durst be nothing, and return into their Chaos again.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	audacity
释义	audacityn. /ɔːˈdasɪti/ Forms: Middle English audacite, Middle English–1500s audacyte, 1500s–1600s audacitie, 1600s audacitye, 1500s– audacity. Etymology: < Latin audāc-em audacious adj. + -ity suffix; see -acity suffix: compare Italian audacita (Florio 1611). 1. a. Boldness, daring, intrepidity; confidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [noun] boldshipc1275 couragea1382 audacity1432 fierceness1490 confidence1526 spritec1540 gallantness1555 braverya1586 braveness1589 confidency1600 lion-heart1667 bravity1689 outdaciousness1778 nads1976 1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 61 Euery thynge is of more animosite and audacite in his universalle then his parte parcialle. 1538 Bible (Coverdale) Ded. It doth..encourage me now likewyse to use the same audacity toward your grace. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 454 Such is the audacitie of man, that hee hath learned to counterfeit Nature. 1714 R. Steele Lover (1723) 30 Some..have relapsed from the Audacity they had arrived at, into their first Bashfulness. 1839 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VII. liv. 292 Under the eye of the Emperor..nothing was impracticable to their audacity. b. Bold departure from the conventional form; daring originality. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally decoruma1568 humoura1568 variety1597 strength1608 uniformity1625 barbarity1644 freedom1645 boldness1677 correctness1684 clinquant1711 unity1712 contrast1713 meretriciousness1727 airiness1734 pathos1739 chastity1760 vigour1774 prettyism1789 mannerism1803 serio-comic1805 actuality1812 largeness1824 local colour1829 subjectivitya1834 idealism1841 pastoralism1842 inartisticalitya1849 academicism1852 realism1856 colour contrast1858 crampedness1858 niggling1858 audacity1859 superreality1859 literalism1860 pseudo-classicism1861 sensationalism1862 sensationism1862 chocolate box1865 pseudo-classicality1867 academism1871 actualism1872 academicalism1874 ethos1875 terribilità1877 local colouring1881 neoclassicism1893 mass effect1902 attack1905 verismo1908 kitsch1921 abstraction1923 self-consciousness1932 surreality1936 tension1941 build-up1942 sprezzatura1957 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany viii. 104 The beauty of its [a tower's] details and the audacity of its construction. 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe Introd. 21 In strength and happy audacity of language. 2. Boldness combined with disregard of consequences; venturesomeness, rashness, recklessness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] > rashness folly?c1225 reighshipc1275 temerity?a1475 rashnessa1500 audacity1531 overhardiness1594 over-daring1595 temerousness1598 daringness1622 temerariousness1711 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. viii. sig. bi Audacitie..is an excessife & inordinate truste to escape all daungers. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 255 Fortitude is different from audacity, ferocity, inconsiderate temerity. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 9 Neither climate nor poverty..could tame the desperate audacity of his spirit. 3. Open disregard of the restraints of decorum or morality; effrontery, impudence, shamelessness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vii.) f. 107 With the most arrogant audacite thei dare alter..and expowne gods lawes and gospell at their plesures. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 140 His Excellency was shocked at her audacity, and reprimanded her. 4. Boldness in the concrete, a bold creature. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > [noun] > one who is daring venturous1583 hardydardy1593 darer1614 audacity1658 adventurist1815 philobat1955 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 64 Those audacities, that durst be nothing, and return into their Chaos again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1432
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