The quality or state of being bold-faced; shamelessness, audacity, or the obvious and brazen nature of something.
From 'boldfaced' (adjective) plus the suffix '-ness,' which creates nouns expressing a quality or state. This is the noun form of the adjective, following patterns like 'kindness,' 'sadness,' and 'boldness.'
English loves stacking suffixes to build more complex words—'boldfaced' + 'ness' = a noun that captures the whole shameless attitude at once, showing how flexible and creative language can be!
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