boldness
English
Etymology
From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness.
Noun
boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)
- The state of being bold; courage.
- 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) […]
- Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
- presumptuousness
- (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:courage
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