bolds English
Verb
(head)
(bold)
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bold English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bold, from (etyl) bold, blod, bolt, .
Alternative forms
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Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Related terms
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) bold, bald, beald, from (etyl) bald, .
Adjective
( boldness)
( er)
Courageous, daring.
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*, chapter=22
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
- It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
(of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
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Presumptuous.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 9.
- even the boldest and most affirmative philosophy, that has ever attempted to impose its crude dictates and principles on mankind.
Synonyms
* (courageous) audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward
* See also
Related terms
* embolden
Verb
( en verb)
To make (a font or some text) bold.
(obsolete) To make bold or daring.
- (Shakespeare)
(obsolete) To become bold.
( Webster 1913)
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holds English
Noun
(head)
Verb
(head)
(hold)
Anagrams
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