owdaciousadj.adv.

Brit.

/aʊˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/aʊˈdeɪʃəs/

Forms: 1700s– owdacious, 1800s– oudacious.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: audacious adj.

Etymology: Representing a probably colloquial or regional pronunciation of audacious adj. Compare outdacious adj.

colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.). Now rare.

Impertinent; mischievous; = audacious adj. 2. Also as adv., as a simple intensifier: exceedingly, very.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > pert or brash

pertc1405

skipjack1598

puppily1682

whelpish1688

saucy1710

owdacious1751

minxing1767

puppyish1775

puppy-like1792

brash1824

pertish1836

cheekish1838

uppish1841

tossy1848

fly1884

soubrettish1891

whipper-snapping1925

in your face1975

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little (ed. 2) i. ix. 78 I'll be whipped if this owdacious little dog has not been and thrown down my lady's backside's breakfast.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxx. 320 If it hadn't been for his wife, who was a most ow-dacious wixin.

1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs i. 18 The ‘oudacious’ little hellions!

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxiii. 345 I reckon they've drove the owdacious loafers out of town before this time.

1905 J. W. Riley in Compl. Wks. (1916) II. 460 When I git so flurried, and so pestered-like and blue, And so rail owdacious worried.

1947 W. de la Mare Coll. Stories for Children 98 Some crabbed old woman said they were owdacious, or imperent, or mischeevious.

Derivatives

† owdaciously adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately

too971

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

overmetec1225

un-i-methc1225

unmeetly?c1225

unmethc1225

overgarta1333

outrageouslya1387

outrageousc1390

unreasonablyc1400

outragelya1425

unmoderately?a1425

inordinatelyc1450

unrulilyc1456

dismeasurably1474

immoderately1482

overharda1500

unreasonable1535

furiously1555

intemperately1576

overliberally1578

unconscionably1583

unconscionable1596

exorbitantlya1635

undulya1779

owdaciously1848

1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. ii. 13 I never thought of them bominable abolitionists before, and I never was so oudaciously put out with 'em.

a1881 S. Lanier Poems (1908) 187 De sap 's jes risin in her; she do grow owdaciouslee.

† owdaciousness n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1858 Fraser's Mag. June 706/2 If you come here with your owdaciousness, a-scolding Miss Sylvie.

1896 B. Carradine Pastoral Sketches vii Didn't I tole you de Lawd was gwine to cuss dis whole nayborhood, and kill out dis poor white trash for dey own owdaciousness!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	owdacious
释义	owdaciousadj.adv. Brit. /aʊˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S. /aʊˈdeɪʃəs/ Forms: 1700s– owdacious, 1800s– oudacious. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: audacious adj. Etymology: Representing a probably colloquial or regional pronunciation of audacious adj. Compare outdacious adj. colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.). Now rare. Impertinent; mischievous; = audacious adj. 2. Also as adv., as a simple intensifier: exceedingly, very. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > pert or brash pertc1405 skipjack1598 puppily1682 whelpish1688 saucy1710 owdacious1751 minxing1767 puppyish1775 puppy-like1792 brash1824 pertish1836 cheekish1838 uppish1841 tossy1848 fly1884 soubrettish1891 whipper-snapping1925 in your face1975 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little (ed. 2) i. ix. 78 I'll be whipped if this owdacious little dog has not been and thrown down my lady's backside's breakfast. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxx. 320 If it hadn't been for his wife, who was a most ow-dacious wixin. 1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs i. 18 The ‘oudacious’ little hellions! 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxiii. 345 I reckon they've drove the owdacious loafers out of town before this time. 1905 J. W. Riley in Compl. Wks. (1916) II. 460 When I git so flurried, and so pestered-like and blue, And so rail owdacious worried. 1947 W. de la Mare Coll. Stories for Children 98 Some crabbed old woman said they were owdacious, or imperent, or mischeevious. Derivatives † owdaciously adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately too971 unimeteOE unmethelyOE overmetec1225 un-i-methc1225 unmeetly?c1225 unmethc1225 overgarta1333 outrageouslya1387 outrageousc1390 unreasonablyc1400 outragelya1425 unmoderately?a1425 inordinatelyc1450 unrulilyc1456 dismeasurably1474 immoderately1482 overharda1500 unreasonable1535 furiously1555 intemperately1576 overliberally1578 unconscionably1583 unconscionable1596 exorbitantlya1635 undulya1779 owdaciously1848 1848 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Sketches Trav. ii. 13 I never thought of them bominable abolitionists before, and I never was so oudaciously put out with 'em. a1881 S. Lanier Poems (1908) 187 De sap 's jes risin in her; she do grow owdaciouslee. † owdaciousness n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1858 Fraser's Mag. June 706/2 If you come here with your owdaciousness, a-scolding Miss Sylvie. 1896 B. Carradine Pastoral Sketches vii Didn't I tole you de Lawd was gwine to cuss dis whole nayborhood, and kill out dis poor white trash for dey own owdaciousness! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1751
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