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) […]
presumptuousness
(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
Hungarian: merészség (hu)

Latin: audentia f, audācia f
Portuguese: valentia (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f

relative weight of a font

Hungarian: vonalvastagság

Anagrams

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