Intrepid

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtrepɪd/

Origin

From French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus, from in- ("not") + trepidus ("anxious, nervous")

Full definition of intrepid

Adjective

1. Fearless; bold; brave.
• 2000 — Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic TragedyFewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.

Derived terms

• intrepidity
• intrepidness
• intrepidly

Related terms

• trepidation