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Latest comment: 4 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic adverb: very

Fanciful etymology

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Note that a tempting etymology would be related to Boudica, but this presumably comes from Proto-Celtic *boudīka, from Proto-Celtic *bouda, while bodacious is of recent origin, and comes from body, from Old English bodiġ.

Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 16:00, 1 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

adverb: very

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adverb ( Midwestern U.S., Southern U.S.): extremely
I'm bodacious hungry 
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:09, 13 January 2020 (UTC)Reply