intrepid

From French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus, from in- (“not”) + trepidus (“anxious, nervous”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹɛpɪd/

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• Hyphenation: in‧trepid

intrepid (comparative more intrepid, superlative most intrepid)

1. Fearless; bold; brave.

   Synonyms: fearless, unafraid, courageous

   Antonym: trepid

   • 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.

• pteridin

Borrowed from French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus.

intrepid m or n (feminine singular intrepidă, masculine plural intrepizi, feminine and neuter plural intrepide)

1. intrepid

• intrepiditate