bluffness

bluffness
Ⅰ.
bluff [1] ► NOUN ▪ an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► VERB ▪ try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.
● call someone's bluff — Cf. ↑call someone's bluff
DERIVATIVES bluffer noun.
ORIGIN from Dutch bluffen 'brag' .
Ⅱ.
bluff [2] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ good-naturedly frank and direct.
DERIVATIVES bluffly adverb bluffness noun.
ORIGIN originally in the sense «surly, abrupt»: figurative use of BLUFF(Cf. ↑bluffness).
Ⅲ.
bluff [3] ► NOUN ▪ a steep cliff, bank, or promontory.
► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a cliff or a ship's bows) having a vertical or steep broad front.
ORIGIN of unknown origin.

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