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superbold en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + bold.

Meanings

  1. Very bold (in various senses).
    • There was one superbold villain called Whitney, the self-proclaimed "King of the Highwaymen." 2002, John Farman, The Short and Bloody History of Highwaymen, page 31:
    • But 0x80 might be interpreted in a different fashion for some othercon, yielding for example superbold rather than blinking. I'll have to try this, because usually, setterm operates on TTYs rather than VCs. 2007, "Jan Engelhardt", [PATCH 1/2] Colored kernel output (run3) (on Internet newsgroup fa.linux.kernel)
    • The fabric I purchased — superbold flannels, bright patterned in tie-dyed-looking oranges and greens, teals and blues — still makes me incredibly happy to admire and run between my fingers. 2007, Spike Gillespie, Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material World:

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most superbold Degree=Sup lexicographic
more superbold Degree=Cmp lexicographic