Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bodaciousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-da-cious-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being bodacious.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Th’ bodaciousness of him thinkin’ I wuz fool nuff to b’leeve it riled me, hit did, an I up and hooped him."
"The silliness of a mink tuxedo, the hypersexuality and indiscretions of a sexagenarian cavorting with teenagers, the “bodaciousness” of a Florida banker flaunting his multimillion-dollar art collection as his banking empire collapses—these kinds of behaviors go beyond simple greed and arrogance."
"[…] Fox contributor Liz Trotta jokingly wished for the assassination of Sen. Barack Obama. […] To many African Americans, more disturbing than the sheer bodaciousness of such comments was the probability that Huckabee, Clinton, and Trotta merely said aloud what many, many others were thinking."

Etymology

From bodacious + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bodacious

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does bodaciousness mean?: The quality of being bodacious.
Where does bodaciousness come from?: From bodacious + -ness.

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