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語源

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

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈboʊldnəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbəʊldnəs/
• ハイフネーション: bold‧ness

名詞

boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)

1. The state of being bold; courage.
   • 1906, 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) […]

2. presumptuousness
3. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:courage

派生語

アナグラム

• bondless