Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which emboldens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who emboldens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
emboldens .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
embolden + -er
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word emboldener.
Examples
-
They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener; and so when each had said his say, my mother made them a speech.
Treasure Island 1883
-
They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener; and so when each had said his say, my mother made them a speech.
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.