barefaced

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective with no effort to conceal
  2. adjective unrestrained by convention or propriety; ; ; - Los Angeles Times; ; ; - Bertrand Russell

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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

bald

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