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blushless, a.|ˈblʌʃlɪs|
[f. blush n. + -less.]
Without a blush, unblushing; impudent, shameless.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 60 With blushles face and vnstaied penne. 1608Tourneur Rev. Trag. iii. v. 80 Some darken'd blushlesse Angle. 1635Quarles Embl. i. viii. (1718) 34 But bold-fac'd mortals in our blushless times Can sing and smile, and make a sport of crimes. a1743Savage Wks. II. 123 (Jod.) Not blushless Henley less abash'd appears. 1886Blackie What does Hist. Teach 31 Aristocratic Poland did this in a much more blushless way than democratic Greece.
Hence ˈblushlessly adv.
1604Marston Malcont. i. i, Contested blushlessly he loved you but for a spurt or so. |