English Explanatory Dictionary

unbold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.
adj
  1. Not bold; timid.
  2. Not bold.

Word forms

unbold unbolds unbolding unbolded more unbold most unbold

Etymology

From Middle English unbolde, unbald, from Old English unbeald (“unbold, unconfident, irresolute”), from Proto-Germanic *unbalþaz (“unbold”), equivalent to un- + bold. Cognate with Old High German unbald (“discouraged”).

Derived words

unboldly
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