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Barefaced

//ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.

    "And they vvere become ſo bare-faced and impudent in their Vices, that good and prudent Men thought fit to keep ſilence in that Time, becauſe it vvas an evil Time."

  2. 2
    Open, undisguised.

    "It's simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she's married him."

  3. 3
    Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
  4. 4
    Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
  5. 5
    Not wearing makeup on the face.
Adjective
  1. 1
    unrestrained by convention or propriety wordnet
  2. 2
    with no effort to conceal wordnet

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced. Compary typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).

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