BODACIOUS

audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent

(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety; “an audacious trick to pull”; “a barefaced hypocrite”; “the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim”- Los Angeles Times; “bald-faced lies”; “brazen arrogance”; “the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress”- Bertrand Russell

bodacious

(adjective) incorrigible; “a bodacious gossip”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bodacious (comparative more bodacious, superlative most bodacious)

(US) Audacious and unrestrained.

(US) Incorrigible and insolent.

(Australian slang, US slang) Impressively great in size, and enormous; extraordinary.

(of a person) Sexy, attractive.

Adverb

bodacious (comparative more bodacious, superlative most bodacious)

(US, nonstandard) Bodaciously.

Source: Wiktionary



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Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.

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