intrepid

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  1. adjective Resolutely courageous; fearless. See Synonyms at brave.

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  • At the same time, he was bound to acknowledge that, whatever honour might arise to himself, from his conduct in those trying scenes in which he had been engaged, he had certainly been supported by the most able, intrepid, and active officers, and by men of the most undaunted and enterprising courage. —  The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. II
  • [30] Such was the active, intrepid, and sagacious, but turbulent and disastrous administration of the Adelantado, in which we find evidences of the great capacity, the mental and bodily vigor of this self-formed and almost self-taught man. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II)
  • This driver was cool, intrepid, and inured to every peril. —  BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
  • They were as natural and unsophisticated as they were incisive, intrepid, and amusing in their conversation. —  The Adventure of Living
  • The spirit which they breathed was bold, intrepid, and magnanimous. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin intrepidus : in-, not; see in-1 + trepidus, alarmed.

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  1. = French intrépide = Spanish intrépido = Portuguese Italian intrepido, from Latin intrepidus, not alarmed, undaunted, from in- privative + trepidus, alarmed, shaken, anxious: see trepidation.
 

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/ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/
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