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bold-faced, ppl. a.|ˈbəʊldfeɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
1. Having a bold or confident face or look; usually impudent. Hence ˈbold-facedness n.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vi. 12 Prowd desire Of bold-fac't Victorie. 1635Quarles Embl. i. viii. (1718) 34 Bold-fac'd Mortals in our blushless times Can sing and smile, and make a sport of crimes. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxiii, A fine, gay, bold-faced ruffian. 1832L. Hunt Transl. Poems 264 The least pain to thy bold-facedness.
2. Used to designate type with a thick or ‘fat’ face, such as ‘Clarendon’ or ‘antique’.
1890Webster, Bold-faced. 1902De Vinne Pract. Typogr., Processes Type-making (ed. 2) xii. 331 A bold-faced clarendon with strong bracketed serifs. |