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barefaced

adj
/ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/UK

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).

  1. derived from faciēs
  2. derived from facia
  3. derived from face
  4. inherited from face
  5. suffixed as faced — “face + ed”
  6. compounded as barefaced — “bare + faced”

Definitions

  1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold

    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.
    • Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.

  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. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.

    2. Not wearing makeup on the face.

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