boldness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊldnəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊldnəs/
- Hyphenation: bold‧ness
Noun[edit]
boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)
- The state of being bold; courage.
- 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill:
- Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]
- presumptuousness
- (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:courage
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
courage
relative weight of a font
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