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boldnesses

boldnesses is the plural of boldness.

Meaning of boldness

Noun

boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)

  1. (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) […]1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
  2. (usually) presumptuousness
    Synonyms:
    face
  3. (usually) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

Questions about boldnesses

What is boldnesses the plural of?
Boldnesses is the plural of boldness.

Words near boldnesses in the dictionary

  1. boldly gone where no man has gone before
  2. boldly went where no man has gone before
  3. Boldman
  4. Boldmans
  5. boldness
  6. boldnesses
  7. boldo
  8. Boldon
  9. Boldon Book
  10. Boldon Buke
  11. Boldon Colliery

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