Unbold

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface. transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not bold; timid.
  2. 2
    Not bold.

Etymology

From Middle English unbolde, unbald, from Old English unbeald (“unbold, unconfident, irresolute”), from Proto-Germanic *unbalþaz (“unbold”), equivalent to un- + bold. Cognate with Old High German unbald (“discouraged”).

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