† bashlessadj.
Obsolete.
Unabashed, shameless, unblushing, bold.
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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
1578 Sir P. Sidney Wanstead Masque in Wks. (1674) 619 ‘Com on, master school-master, bee not so bashless.’
1597 N. Breton Arbor Amorous Devices sig. A3v Blush now you bashles dames that vaunt of beautie rare.
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