bold
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bold/bəʊld/
▶adjective
- 1 confident and daring or courageous.
■ dated audacious; impudent.
- 2 (of a colour or design) strong or vivid.
■ (of type) having thick strokes.
– phrases
be (or make) so bold as to do something dare to do something that might be considered audacious.
(as) bold as brass confident to the point of impudence.
be (or make) so bold as to do something dare to do something that might be considered audacious.
(as) bold as brass confident to the point of impudence.
– derivatives
boldly adverb,
boldness noun.
boldly adverb,
boldness noun.
– origin OE bald, of Gmc origin.
'bold' also found in these Oxford entries:
acanthus
- audacious
- ballsy
- black letter
- bodacious
- brave
- bravo
- bravo
- bravura
- brazen
- bright
- build
- cocky
- daring
- defiance
- display type
- duchesse lace
- embolden
- enterprise
- exploit
- face paint
- falconet
- flourish
- foolhardy
- forward
- gall
- gallus
- hardy
- harlequin
- heroic
- jewel beetle
- monarch
- Moorish idol
- naive
- nervy
- outface
- outrageous
- overbold
- plunge
- sassy
- saucy
- semibold
- simon-pure
- tall
- topi
- upfront
- vibrant
- wop
