Derring-do
noun
Brave actions, especially when facing danger.
He impressed everyone with his derring-do.
Often appears as...
- acts of derring-do
- feats of derring-do
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Literary
noun
Brave actions, especially when facing danger.
He impressed everyone with his derring-do.
Often appears as...
- acts of derring-do
- feats of derring-do
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flair
Used mainly in stories or to add dramatic effect; less common in everyday conversation.
The novel's hero, with a sense of derring-do, charged into the enemy fortress.
Pro Tip 2/3Heroic Connotation
Evokes images of heroic deeds and traditional acts of bravery, like those of knights or adventurers.
The firefighter's derring-do saved lives during the shocking building blaze.
Pro Tip 3/3Age of Chivalry
Carries a medieval vibe, a throwback to times when chivalrous acts were celebrated.
He reminisced about the knights' derring-do in ancient tales.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flair
Used mainly in stories or to add dramatic effect; less common in everyday conversation.
The novel's hero, with a sense of derring-do, charged into the enemy fortress.
Pro Tip 2/3Heroic Connotation
Evokes images of heroic deeds and traditional acts of bravery, like those of knights or adventurers.
The firefighter's derring-do saved lives during the shocking building blaze.
Pro Tip 3/3Age of Chivalry
Carries a medieval vibe, a throwback to times when chivalrous acts were celebrated.
He reminisced about the knights' derring-do in ancient tales.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flair
Used mainly in stories or to add dramatic effect; less common in everyday conversation.
The novel's hero, with a sense of derring-do, charged into the enemy fortress.
Pro Tip 2/3Heroic Connotation
Evokes images of heroic deeds and traditional acts of bravery, like those of knights or adventurers.
The firefighter's derring-do saved lives during the shocking building blaze.
Pro Tip 3/3Age of Chivalry
Carries a medieval vibe, a throwback to times when chivalrous acts were celebrated.
He reminisced about the knights' derring-do in ancient tales.
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Why bother leaving the...
the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,
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Why bother leaving the...
the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do.
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Michael Dirda
American Critic
Not all of E. Nesbit's children's books are fantasies, but even the most realistic somehow seem magical. In her holiday world, nobody ever goes to school, though all the kids know their English history, Greek myths, and classic tales of derring-do.
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Jo Becker
American Journalist
There is an emerging subgenre of British nonfiction in which journalists from 'The Guardian' fearlessly recount their own derring-do in David-and-Goliath battles waged against omnipotent state interests in the pursuit of Big Important Truths.
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Roger Moore
English Actor
When I was doing Bond, I was always being sent scripts to play the derring-do hero, with explosions going on all around.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.
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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do.
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Michael Dirda
American Critic
Not all of E. Nesbit's children's books are fantasies, but even the most realistic somehow seem magical. In her holiday world, nobody ever goes to school, though all the kids know their English history, Greek myths, and classic tales of derring-do.
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Jo Becker
American Journalist
There is an emerging subgenre of British nonfiction in which journalists from 'The Guardian' fearlessly recount their own derring-do in David-and-Goliath battles waged against omnipotent state interests in the pursuit of Big Important Truths.
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Roger Moore
English Actor
When I was doing Bond, I was always being sent scripts to play the derring-do hero, with explosions going on all around.
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