boldness

boldness

English

Etymology

From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊldnəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊldnəs/
• Hyphenation: bold‧ness

Noun

boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)

1. 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) […]

2. presumptuousness
3. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:courage

Translations

courage

Esperanto: maltimo French: audace (fr) f Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 f (balþei) Greek: κουράγιο (el) n (kourágio) Hungarian: merészség (hu) Latin: audentia f, audācia f Portuguese: valentia (pt) f Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f Spanish: osadía (es)

relative weight of a font

Hungarian: vonalvastagság

Anagrams

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