procacious

a. 勇敢的,大胆的, 冒失的,鲁莽的

发音

其它 /pɹəˈkeɪʃəs/

词形变化

more procacious 比较级 most procacious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Bold, forward, insolent.

    1882, John Brown, “Mr. Syme” in Horæ Subsecivæ, New Edition, First Series, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 370, In his little room in the Surgical Hospital—once the High School […] his house-surgeons and clerks and dressers—now all over the world, working out his principles and practice—will well remember how delightful he was, standing with his back to the fire, making wise jokes […] now abating a procacious youth, now heartening a shy homely one […]

词源

From Latin procax (“bold, impudent”), from proco (“ask, demand”), from procus (“suitor”).

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