intrepid \in-TREP-id\, adjective:
Fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
Join the few dozen rich and intrepid souls . . . who have paid hefty deposits to sign up for the first commercial rides into space.
-- Dinesh D'Souza, The Virtue of Prosperity
Less than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.
-- Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men
Intrepid comes from Latin intrepidus, "calm," from in-, "not" + trepidus, "anxious, disturbed."
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