bold -
adj. 1 confidently assertive; adventurous,
courageous.
2 forthright, impudent.
3 vivid, distinct, well-marked (
bold colours; a
bold imagination).
4 Printing (in full
bold-face or -faced) printed in a thick black
typeface.
as bold as brass excessively bold or self-assured. make (or be) so bold as to presume to; venture to.
boldly adv. boldness n. [OE bald dangerous f. Gmc]
