Definition of Badass

1. Noun. (US slang) A person whose extreme attitude, behavior, or appearance is admirable. ¹

2. Adjective. (US slang) Having extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Badass

1. a difficult person [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Badass

bad off
bad pennies
bad penny
bad person
bad seed
bad taste in one's mouth
bad temper
bad to the bone
bad trip
bad trips
bad weather
bada bing
bada bing bada boom
bada boom
bada boom bada bing
badded
baddeleyite
baddeleyites
badder
badderlocks
badders
baddest
baddie
baddies
badding

Literary usage of Badass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas, and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, A. Moore (1826)
"... but that the Defendant, having badass cation with the Plaintiff respecting his wag-es at parting, rife tarily, and without any obligation imposed upon ..."

2. The Missionary Gazetteer: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Account by Charles Williams (1828)
"... of six months in the year, owing to the badass of the roads, and the inclemency of the weather in the fall of tt» year, the winter, and the spring. ..."

3. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1895)
"... in 1892, says: " With tropical cane containing I2.5;f woody fibre, a juice con lain- ing 16.13% solids, and 8:1.,•<",;( water, badass« of, say, ..."

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