boldface \boldface\ n.
a typeface with thick heavy lines; -- also called
bold-faced.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bold-faced \Bold"-faced`\, a.
1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced
woman.
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I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced
atheists of this age. --Bramhall.
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2. (Print.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face; -- also
called boldface.
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Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bold-faced
adj : unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles
Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the
modern world with its quick material successes and
insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of
progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious, barefaced,
bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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