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haughtiness

English

Etymology

From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (“proud, haughty”), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty +? -ness.

Noun

haughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural haughtinesses)

  1. The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

Translations

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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)

  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.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:courage

Translations

Anagrams

  • bondless

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