Open-breasted

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings. archaic

    "Hark you, what lady's that? / Be open-breasted, so will I to thee."

  2. 2
    With the breast exposed; (of clothing) not covering the breast.

    "Franco, with a shaved head covered in Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift tattoos and mustache, wearing a '70s-style open-breasted velvet suit, came to the stage to accept the fictional award, saying simply, "That's not my name.""

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"Hark you, what lady's that? / Be open-breasted, so will I to thee."

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