"boldfaced" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more boldfaced [comparative], most boldfaced [superlative], bold-faced [alternative]
Etymology: From bold + faced. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bold|faced}} bold + faced Head templates: {{en-adj}} boldfaced (comparative more boldfaced, superlative most boldfaced)
  1. (typography) Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance. Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: bold, boldface, heavy
    Sense id: en-boldfaced-en-adj--Epxed8r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 1 30 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 2 16 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 1 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 1 28 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 57 6 26 11 Topics: media, publishing, typography
  2. (by extension) Important, prominent. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-boldfaced-en-adj-IR5YtPzW
  3. (figurative) Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: barefaced Translations (impudent, brazen): aghaidh-dhána (Irish)
    Sense id: en-boldfaced-en-adj-ceJ52SJi Categories (other): English eggcorns Disambiguation of 'impudent, brazen': 6 1 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: non-boldfaced, nonboldfaced

Verb [English]

Forms: bold-faced [alternative]
Etymology: From bold + faced. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bold|faced}} bold + faced Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} boldfaced
  1. simple past and past participle of boldface Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: boldface
    Sense id: en-boldfaced-en-verb-WrYdvViJ

Alternative forms

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