boldness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbəʊldnəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈboʊldnəs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state of being bold; courage.
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) […]
1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill:
- (uncountable, usually) presumptuousness
- (uncountable, usually) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boldnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (16)
pt valentia (courage) · ru смелость (courage) · eo maltimo (courage) · bg смелост (courage) · es osadía (courage) · la audācia (courage) · ota جسورلق (courage) · bg храброст (courage) · la audentia (courage) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (courage) · hu vonalvastagság (relative weight of a font) · el κουράγιο (courage) · es demasía (courage) · hu merészség (courage) · fr audace (courage) · gd tapachd (courage)