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dairous

dairous adjective: bold; daring.

Adjective

dairous (comparative more dairous, superlative most dairous)

  1. (Devon, UK, archaic, dialectal) bold; daring
    • “Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras.” “No, Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous, I want ha' Nelly dered.”1867, Jim and Nell: a dramatic poem in the dialect of North Devon

Forms of dairous

comparativemore dairous
superlativemost dairous
alternative formdarous

Origin of dairous

From dair (“dare”) + -ous.

Questions about dairous

What does dairous mean?
Dairous means bold; daring.
What part of speech is dairous?
Dairous is an adjective.

Words near dairous in the dictionary

  1. dairid
  2. dairids
  3. dairier
  4. dairiers
  5. dairies
  6. dairous
  7. Dairsie
  8. dairy
  9. Dairy Arm
  10. dairy bar
  11. dairy bars

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