daring

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of dare

adj

1. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
   There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […] 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case
2. Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
3. Racy; sexually provocative.
   Just what I wanted, seeing my mom in a daring bikini—or worse yet, my being in one. I had the perfect drawer I could bury it in. 2013, Randy Rawls, Best Defense, page 59

noun

1. Boldness.