Overboldness
//əʊvəˈbəʊldnəs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or fact of being too bold; audacity. uncountable
"nothing did him so much good toward the people (to whom he appealed) to make him obtain his suite, as the sharpnes and over boldnes which Cæsar had declared in that judgement."
Example
More examples"nothing did him so much good toward the people (to whom he appealed) to make him obtain his suite, as the sharpnes and over boldnes which Cæsar had declared in that judgement."
Etymology
From Middle English overboldnesse, equivalent to over- + boldness, after overbold.
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