courageous
/kəˈeɪdʒəs/kur-AY-juhs
/kɚˈeɪdʒəs/kur-AY-juhs
Meaningfull of courage
Common meaning: brave
- courthe heartLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 468 · scan
- agenoun ending: an act, state or collection
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Journey through time
- Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
- Middle Englishcouragesource
- Englishcourage‘the strength to face fear’
- Englishformed in English from couragecourageous‘brave’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from courage + -ous.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COURAGE, p.138 · scan
Roots
- cor, cordis Latin “the heart”
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