different between impudence vs boldness

English

Etymology

From Middle French impudence, from Latin impudentia.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??mpj?d?ns/, /??mpjud?ns/

Noun

impudence (countable and uncountable, plural impudences)

1. The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
2. Impudent language, conduct or behavior.

Synonyms

• cheek
• sauciness
• See also Thesaurus:impudence

Related terms

• impudent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin impudentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.py.d??s/
• Homophone: impudences

Noun

impudence f (plural impudences)

1. impudence

Related terms

• impudent

Further reading

• “impudence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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