uncloakedadj.n.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkləʊkt/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkləʊkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈkloʊkt/ 1. Not concealed; undisguised; exposed; manifest.
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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
1539 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wisedome sig. Kiii It is better, that all thinges be open, playne, unclooked, and symple [L. aperta, nuda, simplicia].
1653 J. Ford Queen i. sig. Bv/1 A poor lousy uncloakt imposter, a deceitful,..dull decoying fortune teller.
1756 Evening Advertiser 5 Mar. The real naked Picture, uncloaked with Reserve, undisguised by Formality or Dissimulation.
1861 J. Spence Amer. Union iv. 164 Dissolve the Union—and it [sc. slavery] must stand out unshielded, uncloaked, in the light of open day.
1907 C. Smedley in ‘B. Villiers’ Case for Women's Suffrage 104 Vulgar vanity and uncloaked greed.
2008 USA Today (Nexis) 18 Apr. 1 c That is an uncloaked reference to the late Red Auerbach, architect of the Celtics tradition.
2. Not wearing a cloak; without a cloak. Also occasionally as n.: a person who is not wearing a cloak.In some uses: having no cloak as a result of its removal; cf. uncloak v. 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a cloak or mantle > not
mantlelessc1400
cloakless1575
uncloaked1839
1638 W. Barwick tr. V. D'Audiguier Love & Valour v. 92 The uncloaked gentleman Polinice entertained her women with the same discourse.
1701 W. Pittis Canterbury Tales xi. 28 His Sun-shine Days no Man uncloak'd can try, And his Wet stormy Nights are always calm and dry.
1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer v. 34 It being now settled to my satisfaction, that Mr. Beamish and the great uncloaked were ‘convertible terms’.
1888 Rep. O'Connell Monument Comm. Introd. p. lix To consider Mr. Foley's design for the statue, two models were submitted, the one cloaked, and the other uncloaked.
1944 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 28 Dec. (1995) 107 I stood in the garden hatless and uncloaked without a shiver.
2016 L. A. M. Stewart Rethinking Sc. Revol. i. 52 He was forced to go about his business, bare-headed and uncloaked..for the rest of the day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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