dairous🔊adjEtymology From dair (“dare”) + -ous.1Devon, UK, Archaic, Dialectal bold; daring“Jim, we'll jist ha' a dash-an-darras.” “No, Voord, 't'll mak' en auver dairous, I want ha' Nelly dered.”1867, Jim and Nell: a dramatic poem in the dialect of North Devon