bold-facedadj.
/ˈbəʊldfeɪst/ 1. Having a bold or confident face or look; usually impudent.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]
thristec897
bolda1000
keen1297
apert1330
smartc1400
malaperta1425
overbolda1425
affronted1485
saucy1511
impertinata1525
over-familiar1529
pert1535
cocket1537
cockapert1556
contumelious1561
impudent1563
brass-bold1582
pertlike1582
paughtya1586
audacious1586
copped1597
effronted1598
petulant1598
dortya1605
rufty-tufty1606
facy1607
snappish1608
bold-faceda1616
over-pert1621
impertinent1631
procacious1660
insolent1678
calleting1691
effrontuousa1734
imperent1771
free1775
sassy1799
pawky1809
iron-sideda1825
gilpie1835
cheeky1838
fresh1843
snouty1858
nebby1873
gay1889
nebsy1894
nervy1896
brass neck1925
facety1928
facey1929
brass-necked1935
chutzpadik1959
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vi. 12 Prowd desire Of bold-fac't Victorie. View more context for this quotation
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. viii. 34 Bold-fac'd Mortalls, in our blushlesse times, Can sin and smile, and make a sport of Crimes.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 212 A fine, gay, bold-faced ruffian.
2. Used to designate type with a thick or ‘fat’ face, such as ‘Clarendon’ or ‘antique’.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [adjective] > light-, full-, or bold-faced
full-faced1755
full-face1828
light-faced1832
boldc1871
bold-faced1890
1890 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Bold-faced.
1902 T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr.: Treat. Type-making (ed. 2) xii. 331 A bold-faced clarendon with strong bracketed serifs.
Derivatives
ˈbold-facedness n.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > shamelessness
unshamefulnessc950
unshamefastness?a1400
shamelessness1540
unshameless1555
shamefastness1589
unshamefacedness1596
flagrancy1599
blatancy1610
flagrance1634
brass1642
frontlessness1698
barefacedness1702
bronze1729
coolness1751
shamefacedness1827
bold-facedness1832
brazenness1861
unblushingness1891
1832 L. Hunt Transl. in Poet. Wks. 264 The least pain to thy bold-facedness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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