Be bold
not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring:
a bold hero.
not hesitating to break the rules of propriety; forward; impudent:
he apologized for being so bold as to speak to the emperor.
necessitating courage and daring; challenging:
a bold adventure.
beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action; imaginative:
einstein was a bold mathematician. a difficult problem needing a bold answer.
striking or conspicuous to the eye; flashy; showy:
a bold pattern.
steep; abrupt:
a bold promontory.
nautical. deep enough to be navigable close to the sh-r-:
bold waters.
printing. typeset in boldface.
obsolete. trusting; -ssured.
be / make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare:
i made bold to offer my suggestion.
adjective
courageous, confident, and fearless; ready to take risks
showing or requiring courage: a bold plan
immodest or impudent: she gave him a bold look
standing out distinctly; conspicuous: a figure carved in bold relief
very steep: the bold face of the cliff
imaginative in thought or expression: the novel’s bold plot
(printing) set in bold face
noun
(printing) short for bold face
adj.
old english beald (west saxon), bald (anglian) “bold, brave, confident, strong,” from proto-germanic -balthaz (cf. old high german bald “bold, swift,” in names such as archibald, leopold, theobald; gothic balþei “boldness;” old norse ballr “frightful, dangerous”), perhaps from pie -bhol-to- suffixed form of -bhel- (2) “to blow, swell” (see bole).
of flavors (coffee, etc.) from 1829. the noun meaning “those who are bold” is from c.1300. old french and provençal baut “bold,” italian baldo “bold, daring, fearless” are germanic loan-words.
in addition to the idiom beginning with
bold
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