overboldness
- a word derived from boldness.
Example Sentences
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But is there any potion which might serve as a test of overboldness and excessive and indiscreet boasting?
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
They “advised their captain, through his overboldness, not to leave their widows and fatherless children to give him bitter curses.”
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
Either from overboldness in the metaphors, or from some unaptness in the material of them, I have to confess that my mind rather rebels against these stretches of poetical prerogative.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
J. Coming now to the point of my story, I have to relate how his overboldness was proved by his death.
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George
The fair girl knitted her brows in a frown at his overboldness.
From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
