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 Guy. 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 boldaceous, a now rare British dialect term, meaning brazen or impudent.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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