daredevil

daredevil
daredevil 1794 (n.) "recklessly daring person," from DARE (Cf. dare) (v.) + DEVIL (Cf. devil). The devil might refer to the person, or the sense might be "one who dares the devil (Cf. scarecrow, cutthroat). As an adj., from 1832.

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