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outspoken

adj

Etymology

From outspeak, equivalent to out- + spoken.

  1. inherited from *spaikō✻
  2. inherited from *spaikā✻
  3. inherited from spāca
  4. inherited from spoke
  5. suffixed as spoken — “spoke + n”
  6. prefixed as outspoken — “out- + spoken”

Definitions

  1. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly

    Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.

    • an outspoken man
    • an outspoken rebuke
    • Critics were vehemently outspoken; but while they fretted about looks, they missed the cleverer points in the design itself.

  2. past participle of outspeak.

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