bald-facedadj.

Etymology: bald adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbald-faced.

Having a bald face.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having particular kind of face > having a bald face

bald-faced1648

the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having a white head > having a white face > having white mark on face

bausondc1320

bald-faced1648

blazed1685

bauson-faced1829

1648 in Arch. Maryland (1887) IV. 425 A Bawld-facd heighfer.

1677 London Gaz. No. 1237/4 A sorrel Mare..bald-faced, and but one eye.

1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 341 The nest of our bald-faced hornet is occasionally suspended in a house to kill off the house-flies.

1885 Cent. Mag. Nov. 60/2 He jogged along on his bald-faced bay in the bleak untempered light.

Draft additions March 2021

Originally: overt, unconcealed, obvious. In later use also: unabashed, impudent, shameless. Cf. barefaced adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adjective]

openlyeOE

underna900

openeOE

utterly12..

unhida1300

perta1325

apert1330

nakeda1382

public1394

patenta1398

foreign?c1400

overtc1400

unrecovered1433

publicalc1450

open-visageda1513

bare1526

uncloaked1539

subject1556

uncovered1577

unmasked1590

facely1593

undisguised1598

female1602

unveiled1606

unshrouded1610

barefaceda1616

disclouded1615

unhiddena1616

broad-faced1643

with full miena1657

undissembled1671

frank1752

bald-faced1761

unconfidential1772

ostensible1782

unglossed1802

undisguising1813

unvisored1827

unconcealed1839

disprivacied1848

disguiseless1850

bald1854

unobscured1879

visible1885

open door1898

above ground1976

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless

shamelessc897

unshamefasta1100

unshamedc1384

unshamefulc1430

unshamousa1500

unshamefaceda1533

unshameless1555

blushless1566

brazen-faced1571

brazen1573

bashless1578

brassy1596

foreheaded16..

foreheadlessa1603

frontless1607

browless1615

basilisco-proof1649

inverecund1657

perfrict1660

brazen-broweda1682

barefaced1704

cool1723

unblushing1736

brassed1742

inerubescent1788

bald-faced1836

bronzed1841

brazen-fronted1842

brazed1884

1761 Gentleman's & London Mag. Feb. 80/1 Though they know his bald faced affinity [to you], yet his present station puts him one remove above being told so.

1826 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 4 Mar. 411/1 By death alone The bald-faced miscreant can his crime atone.

1836 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 6 June Our modern aristocracy have the presumption, nay, the bald-faced impudence, to allege that the people have ever a propensity to sedition and plunder!

1929 E. Booth Stealing through Life ix. 215 You told me you was never in a reform school—you're just naturally a bald-faced liar!

1966 Financial Times 26 Sept. 5/7 What possible justification has it [sc. the Government] got for this bald-faced attempt to portray itself as without guilt for the latest disastrous turn in Britain's economic affairs?

2008 Copley News Service (Nexis) 4 Jan. A significant portion of the advertising..is exploitive, phony..and pure bald-faced tommyrot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bald-faced
释义	bald-facedadj. Etymology: bald adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbald-faced. Having a bald face. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having particular kind of face > having a bald face bald-faced1648 the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having a white head > having a white face > having white mark on face bausondc1320 bald-faced1648 blazed1685 bauson-faced1829 1648 in Arch. Maryland (1887) IV. 425 A Bawld-facd heighfer. 1677 London Gaz. No. 1237/4 A sorrel Mare..bald-faced, and but one eye. 1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 341 The nest of our bald-faced hornet is occasionally suspended in a house to kill off the house-flies. 1885 Cent. Mag. Nov. 60/2 He jogged along on his bald-faced bay in the bleak untempered light. Draft additions March 2021 Originally: overt, unconcealed, obvious. In later use also: unabashed, impudent, shameless. Cf. barefaced adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adjective] openlyeOE underna900 openeOE utterly12.. unhida1300 perta1325 apert1330 nakeda1382 public1394 patenta1398 foreign?c1400 overtc1400 unrecovered1433 publicalc1450 open-visageda1513 bare1526 uncloaked1539 subject1556 uncovered1577 unmasked1590 facely1593 undisguised1598 female1602 unveiled1606 unshrouded1610 barefaceda1616 disclouded1615 unhiddena1616 broad-faced1643 with full miena1657 undissembled1671 frank1752 bald-faced1761 unconfidential1772 ostensible1782 unglossed1802 undisguising1813 unvisored1827 unconcealed1839 disprivacied1848 disguiseless1850 bald1854 unobscured1879 visible1885 open door1898 above ground1976 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > shameless shamelessc897 unshamefasta1100 unshamedc1384 unshamefulc1430 unshamousa1500 unshamefaceda1533 unshameless1555 blushless1566 brazen-faced1571 brazen1573 bashless1578 brassy1596 foreheaded16.. foreheadlessa1603 frontless1607 browless1615 basilisco-proof1649 inverecund1657 perfrict1660 brazen-broweda1682 barefaced1704 cool1723 unblushing1736 brassed1742 inerubescent1788 bald-faced1836 bronzed1841 brazen-fronted1842 brazed1884 1761 Gentleman's & London Mag. Feb. 80/1 Though they know his bald faced affinity [to you], yet his present station puts him one remove above being told so. 1826 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 4 Mar. 411/1 By death alone The bald-faced miscreant can his crime atone. 1836 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 6 June Our modern aristocracy have the presumption, nay, the bald-faced impudence, to allege that the people have ever a propensity to sedition and plunder! 1929 E. Booth Stealing through Life ix. 215 You told me you was never in a reform school—you're just naturally a bald-faced liar! 1966 Financial Times 26 Sept. 5/7 What possible justification has it [sc. the Government] got for this bald-faced attempt to portray itself as without guilt for the latest disastrous turn in Britain's economic affairs? 2008 Copley News Service (Nexis) 4 Jan. A significant portion of the advertising..is exploitive, phony..and pure bald-faced tommyrot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1648
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