barefaced
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]barefaced (comparative more barefaced, superlative most barefaced)
- Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
- 1680 September 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Gilbert Burnet, A Sermon Preached before the Right-honourable the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Bow-Church, September 2. 1680. being the Anniversary Fast for the Burning of London, London: […] Richard Chiswel, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 5:
- 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.
- 1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:
- Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.
- Open, undisguised.
- Synonyms: bald-faced, boldfaced
- 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles:
- It's simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she's married him.
- Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
- Synonym: clean-shaven
- Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
- Synonym: bareface
- Not wearing makeup on the face.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]shameless
References
[edit]- “barefaced”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.