over-boldnessn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbəʊldnəs/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈboʊl(d)nəs/

Forms: see over- prefix and boldness n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, boldness n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + boldness n., after overbold adj.

Excessive boldness, presumption, audacity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]

hardiessec1300

boldness1377

malapertness?a1439

over-boldnessc1450

insolencya1513

protervitya1527

impudency1529

sauce malapert1529

petulancy1537

procacitya1538

audacity1545

sauceliness1552

forehead1564

hardihead1579

hardihood1594

outfacing1598

audaciousness1599

impudentness1599

petulancea1600

impertinency1609

impertinence1612

impudencea1616

procacya1620

affrontedness1640

brow1642

front1653

insolence1668

affrontery1679

assurance1699

effrontery1715

affrontiveness1721

swagger1725

imperence1765

cheek1823

sassiness1834

cheekiness1838

pawk1855

gall1882

chutzpah1886

face1890

mouth1891

crust1900

rind1901

smarting1902

hide1916

brass neck1937

the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > [noun] > over-confidence or presumption

overtrowOE

over-boldnessc1450

securitya1555

prefidence1592

overconfidence1692

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 12 (MED) Sourquyderie..clerkes clepen presumpcion, þat is, ouerboldenesse.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xlix. 292 God also would put me to shame for mine ouerboldnesse.

1636 W. Davenant Witts Epil. sig. K4 An over-boldnesse, rais'd from too much Feare.

1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 11 Unworthy of the Wages your love paid Me; for my over-boldness think't not strange, I was struck dumb at this so sweet a change.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xvii. 280 What of carnal overboldness there was in it.

1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 15 Not from arrogant pride Nor over boldness fail they who have striven To tell what they have heard, yet find no voice For such high message.

1883 Catholic World July 576 He is competent to form an opinion, at the risk of blunders from over-boldness.

1946 Far Eastern Surv. 15 82 They were opposed to the methods, or rather to the tempo, since they knew enough about the world to know that overboldness always incurred risk.

1991 M. Bragg Maid of Buttermere 91 Had he not been..too kind to give her the direct reaction she deserved for her over-boldness?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over-boldness
释义	over-boldnessn. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbəʊldnəs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈboʊl(d)nəs/ Forms: see over- prefix and boldness n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, boldness n. Etymology: < over- prefix + boldness n., after overbold adj. Excessive boldness, presumption, audacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > [noun] > over-confidence or presumption overtrowOE over-boldnessc1450 securitya1555 prefidence1592 overconfidence1692 c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 12 (MED) Sourquyderie..clerkes clepen presumpcion, þat is, ouerboldenesse. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xlix. 292 God also would put me to shame for mine ouerboldnesse. 1636 W. Davenant Witts Epil. sig. K4 An over-boldnesse, rais'd from too much Feare. 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 11 Unworthy of the Wages your love paid Me; for my over-boldness think't not strange, I was struck dumb at this so sweet a change. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xvii. 280 What of carnal overboldness there was in it. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 15 Not from arrogant pride Nor over boldness fail they who have striven To tell what they have heard, yet find no voice For such high message. 1883 Catholic World July 576 He is competent to form an opinion, at the risk of blunders from over-boldness. 1946 Far Eastern Surv. 15 82 They were opposed to the methods, or rather to the tempo, since they knew enough about the world to know that overboldness always incurred risk. 1991 M. Bragg Maid of Buttermere 91 Had he not been..too kind to give her the direct reaction she deserved for her over-boldness? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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