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Intrepid

INTREP'ID

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[L. intrepidus; in and trepidus, trepido, to tremble.] Literally, not trembling or shaking with fear; hence, fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; as an intrepid soldier.

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intrepid

intrepid

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intrepid (comparative more intrepid, superlative most intrepid)

  1. Fearless; bold; brave.
    • 2000 Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
      Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.

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