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intrepid

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in·trep·id  (n-trpd)
adj.
Resolutely courageous; fearless. See Synonyms at brave.

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

intre·pidi·ty (-tr-pd-t), in·trepid·ness n.
in·trepid·ly adv.

intrepid
Adjective
fearless or bold [Latin in- not + trepidus fearful]
intrepidity n
intrepidly adv
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Adj.1.intrepidintrepid - invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
bold - fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

intrepid
adjective fearless, brave, daring, bold, heroic, game (informal) have-a-go (informal) courageous, stalwart, resolute, gallant, audacious, valiant, plucky, doughty, undaunted, unafraid, unflinching, nerveless, dauntless, lion-hearted, valorous, stouthearted, (as) game as Ned Kelly Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE fearful
Translations
Spanish intrepid [ɪnˈtrɛpɪd] adjintrépido
French intrepid [ɪnˈtrɛpɪd] adjintrépide
German intrepid [ɪnˈtrɛpɪd] adjunerschrocken
Italian intrepid [ɪnˈtrɛpɪd] adjintrepido/a

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Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore?
Some intrepid larches waved green pennons in the very midst of the turbulent water, here and there a veteran lay with his many-summered head abased in the rocky course of the stream, and here was a young foolhardy beech that had climbed within a dozen yards of the rampart.
From these intrepid wanderers how different our literary men who grow grey over their books behind a curtained window.
 
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