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daresome en · ADJ

Etymology

From dare + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised or marked by daring
    • “It was daresome for a strange woman to come into that place,” he said. “Somebody tried to get under that dress tail before she got out the door.” 2014, Marvin Schwartz, We Wanna Boogie:
    • Lila's uncle found out he was hanging around and tried to scare him away, but Spence was daresome and he flirted openly with her, slowing down her work. 2007, Bobbie Ann Mason, Nancy Culpepper: Stories:
    • Pa was coming along with that kind of daresome and hangdog look all at once like when he has been up to something he knows ma aint ^([sic]) going to like... 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 177: