# bodacious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/ · frequency rank #73,916

## Definitions
1. Audacious and unrestrained.
2. Incorrigible and insolent.
3. Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.
4. Sexy, attractive.

## Etymology
Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina)
or a blend of bold and audacious.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bodacious