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bold(1) (iou)



bold adjective, adverb, & noun.
[Old English bald, (West Saxon) beald = Old Saxon bald (Dutch boud), Old High German bald (Middle High German balt, surviving in German adverb bald soon), Old Norse ballr dangerous, fatal, from Germanic.]
A. adjective.
Courageous, enterprising, confident, stout-hearted; daring, brave. OE.
Milton The bold design Pleas'd highly those infernal States. R. Graves Nobody could be found bold enough to take their places. W. S. Maugham Though attered, he put on a bold front.
Presumptuous, forward, immodest. ME.
K. A. Porter The girl..had fine eyes, but her bold, airy manner spoiled her looks.
Strong, big. Now dial. or obsolete. ME.
Allan Ramsay Boreas with his blasts sae bauld.
Certain, sure (of), trusting (in). ME-E17.
Shakespeare Cymbeline I would I were so sure To win the King as I am bold her honour Will remain hers.
Of a cliff, coast, etc.: steep, projecting, bluff. Also (Nautical), used of water close to a steeply-shelved shore. E17.
Striking, well marked, clear; free or vigorous in conception etc. M17.
S. Johnson I do not think Gray a first-rate poet. He has not a bold imagination.
b. Typography. Of type: having a heavy and conspicuous appearance. L19.
Phrases: as bold as brass: see BRASS noun. make bold (as), make so bold (as), be so bold (as) venture, presume, (to do). make bold with take liberties with. put a bold face on: see FACE noun.
Comb.: bold-face noun & adjective (a) (a person who is) impudent; (b) Typography bold (type); bold-faced adjective (a) that looks bold, impudent; (b) Typography = sense 6b above.
b. adverb. In a bold manner. Now rare. ME.
C. absol. as noun.
A bold person. Now only as collect. pl. the bold. ME.
Typography. Bold type. L19.
boldly adverb OE.
boldness noun ME.

intracranial granulomatous arteritis (medicine)


intracranial granulomatous arteritis


A small vessel, giant cell arteritis that affects only intracranial blood vessels, of unknown aetiology, and with diverse clinical manifestations, including those seen with an involving cerebral tumour, and with a low grade meningitis, leading to infarction of one portion of the cerebrum or cerebellum.