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boldness
English
Etymology
From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold +? -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bo?ldn?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??ldn?s/
- Hyphenation: bold?ness
Noun
boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)
- 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) […]
- 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
- presumptuousness
- (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:courage
Translations
Anagrams
- bondless
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doggedness
English
Etymology
dogged +? -ness
Noun
doggedness (usually uncountable, plural doggednesses)
- The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- (obsolete) sullenness; moroseness
Synonyms
- tenacity
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Translations
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “doggedness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- doggedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “doggedness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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