A flight of fancy often ends in disappointment

bodacious /b'des/

→ adjective
(N. Amer. informal) excellent, admirable, or attractive: bodacious babes.

• (US) audacious in a way considered admirable.
- ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps a variant of SW dialect boldacious, blend of boldaudacious.

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I so wanted the etymology of bodacious to have something to do with Boadicea; but, alas, it seems to be somewhat less ancient and deserving of only as much reverence as it gets.

Ho-hum.