unbosom
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[edit] Etymology
un- + bosom (“the seat of emotions”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
unbosom (third-person singular simple present unbosoms, present participle unbosoming, simple past and past participle unbosomed)
- (archaic) To tell someone about one's troubles, and thus obtain relief.
- 1594, Shakespeare, Willam, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene 2, line 2040:
- Their several counsels they unbosom shall
To loves mistook, and so be mock'd withal
Upon the next occasion that we meet,
With visages displayed, to talk and greet.
- Their several counsels they unbosom shall
- 1953, Beckett, Samuel, Watt, Paris: Olympia Press, OL 16635912M:
- Watt was not the first to whom Mr Graves had unbosomed himself, in this connexion. For he had unbosomed himself to Arsene, many years before...
- 1594, Shakespeare, Willam, Love's Labour's Lost, act V, scene 2, line 2040:
- (archaic) To confess a misdeed.
[edit] Translations
to tell about one's troubles
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to confess a misdeed
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