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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