boldness

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boldness

/ˈboʊldnəs/ US
/ˈbəʊldnəs/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).

noun boldnesses

uncountable, usually The state of being bold; courage. 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) […]
uncountable, usually presumptuousness
Similar: face
uncountable, usually The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

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noun courage

Español	osadía, demasía
Português	valentia
Français	audace
Ελληνικά	κουράγιο kourágio
Русский	смелость smelostʹ

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@misc{boldness_2026,
  title = {boldness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boldness},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}