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barefast

adj
/ˈbɛə(ɹ)fæst/

Etymology

From bare + fast. Compare shamefast.

  1. derived from fasta
  2. inherited from *fastijaną✻ — “to fasten”
  3. inherited from *fastāną✻ — “to fast”
  4. inherited from *fastēn✻
  5. inherited from fæstan — “to fast”
  6. inherited from fasten
  7. compounded as barefast — “bare + fast”

Definitions

  1. Barefaced.

    • Now is she barefast to be seene, straight on her mufler goes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for barefast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA