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bodacious

adj.
UK //bədˈeɪʃəs// bo·da·cious Dialect Slang
Synonyms
Origin

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.

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