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intrepid

/ɪntˈɹepəd/in-TREH-puhd
/ɪntˈɹɛpəd/in-TREH-puhd

Meaningunalarmed

Common meaning: fearless

‘in, into’ + ‘alarmed, jittery’ → intrepid

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TARK‘twist, turn round, torture, press’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 135, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latintrepidus, -a, -um‘alarmed, jittery’
  3. Englishintrepid‘fearless’ · today

in- also in: incestinciteinduceinfamyinfant

trepid also in: trepidation

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin trepidus ‘alarmed, jittery’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry trepidus, p. 1896 · dictionary scan

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Related words

trepidation

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