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ˈover-ˈbold, a. [over- 28.] Too bold, unwarrantably or unduly bold; presumptuous.
c1530Crt. of Love 360 That I and alle Should ever drede to be too overbold Her to displese. 1605Shakes. Macb. iii. v. 3 (Beldams) as you are, Sawcy, and ouer-bold, how did you dare To Trade and Trafficke with Macbeth? a1791Wesley Husb. & Wives vi. §4 Wks. 1811 IX. 84 Why should a woman be so over bold as to call her husband, Tom, Ned, Dick? 1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. v. xxii, I was going to do a foolish, over-bold act. |