Dairous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    bold; daring Devon, UK, archaic, dialectal

    "“Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras.” “No, Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous, I want ha' Nelly dered.”"

Example

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"“Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras.” “No, Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous, I want ha' Nelly dered.”"

Etymology

From dair (“dare”) + -ous.

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