Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being bold, in any of the senses of the word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being bold.

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  • noun The state of being bold; courage; presumptuousness.
  • noun typography The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
  • noun the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly
  • noun impudent aggressiveness

Etymologies

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bold +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • It does take a certain boldness to name your book series after what's often taken as a symptom of schizophrenic psychosis.

    False Witness 2009

  • In her book If You Want To Write, she offers a favorite exercise for “getting people to write well, so they know how gifted they are and consequently grow in boldness and freedom.”

    Write on Wednesday-Writing What You Know 2007

  • We gained insight into how this sort of boldness translates into business success when one of the speakers clarified: Employees are afraid to make mistakes, and CEOs have made them.

    Daphne Oz: The Summit Series: Lessons in Being Brave 2009

  • Indeed, Iran's boldness is possible because in many parts of the world deep distrust and even hatred of Jews is entirely acceptable.

    Balkinization 2006

  • Indeed, Iran's boldness is possible because in many parts of the world deep distrust and even hatred of Jews is entirely acceptable.

    Balkinization 2006

  • Henry believes boldness is what drives his management team, even when it comes to spending.

    Red Sox's bold signing could be big bargain 2006

  • As for the Drei Zinnen, they surpass in boldness and weirdness all the Dolomites of the Ampezzo.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Whatever fantastic forms that rock may assume elsewhere, they are here surpassed in boldness and strangeness.

    Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

  • Then the past aorist participle, "they that used the office of deacon well," implies that the present verb, "are acquiring to themselves boldness," is the result of the completed action of using the diaconate well.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • God (1Ti 1: 11-13). we faint not -- in boldness of speech and action, and patience in suffering (2Co 4: 2, 8-16, &c.).

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

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