It's the Word of the Day podcast for April 21st.
Today's word is bodacious,
spelled B-O-D-A-C-I-O-U-S.
Bodacious is an adjective.
It's used as an informal synonym of the words remarkable and noteworthy,
as well as sexy and voluptuous.
In some dialects of the southern and midland U.S.,
bodacious is used by its oldest meaning outright or unmistakable.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Sunset Magazine by Kristen Gali.
There's no need to lug in a six-foot specimen tree to add bodacious botanicals into your home,
because even the smallest planters can make a big impact when intentionally pairing striking foliage with a unique vessel.
Some of our readers may know the word bodacious as one that figured prominently in the lingo of the 1989 film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Others may recall the terms frequent use in the long-running Snuffy Smith comic strip.
Neither the creators of the comic strip nor the movie can claim to have coined bodacious,
which began appearing in print in the mid-1800s, but both surely contributed to its popularity.
The exact origin of the word is uncertain,
but it is most likely a blend of the words bold and audacious,
and it may be linked to boldacious, a now rare British dialect term, meaning brazen or impudent.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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