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Boldfaced

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
  2. 2
    Important, prominent. broadly

    "boldface(d) names"

  3. 3
    Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen. figuratively

    "He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of boldface form-of, participle, past

    "He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bold + faced.

Etymology 2

From boldface + -ed.

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