ˈover-ˈboldness [over- 29 c.] Excessive boldness, presumption, audacity. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xlix. 292 God also would put me to shame for mine ouerboldnesse.a1668Davenant Epil.Wks. (1673) 301 An over-boldness, rais'd from too much fear.1846Trench Mirac. xvii. (1862) 284 What of carnal overboldness there was in it.