bodaciousness

Noun

bodaciousness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being bodacious.
   • Th’ bodaciousness of him thinkin’ I wuz fool nuff to b’leeve it riled me, hit did, an I up and hooped him.1884 June 21, “‘Delightful Deceits’”, in Harry W. Frost, editor, Saturday Evening Lance, volume II, number 25, Topeka, Kan., →OCLC, page 1, column 6
   • 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.2005, Dorothy Otnow Lewis, “Adult Antisocial Behavior, Criminality, and Violence”, in Benjamin J[ames] Sadock, Virginia A[lcott] Sadock, editors, Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of...