unshamefacedadj.
(un- prefix1.)
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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
a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) ii. sig. Avii v They..with vnshamefated beggynge polle them so nye, that in a maner they leue nothinge behinde.
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (viii.) f. 145 The vnshamefaced arrogant boldenes and serpentine fraudes of anticryste.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 23 This so bolde and unshamefaced queane.
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. cviii. 540 Cruel men,..bloody minded, unshameface't, sumtuous.
Derivatives
unˈshamefacedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > shamelessness
unshamefulnessc950
unshamefastness?a1400
shamelessness1540
unshameless1555
shamefastness1589
unshamefacedness1596
flagrancy1599
blatancy1610
flagrance1634
brass1642
frontlessness1698
barefacedness1702
bronze1729
coolness1751
shamefacedness1827
bold-facedness1832
brazenness1861
unblushingness1891
1596 Lady Bacon Let. in Birch Mem. (1754) II. 218 Both unchast and impudent, with as it were an incorrigible unshamefacedness.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Impudence, impudence,..vnshamefac'dness.
1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 4 It seemeth, that unthankefulnesse is accompanied especially with unshamefacedness.
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