bare-facedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/

形容詞

bare-faced (comparative more bare-faced, superlative most bare-faced)

1. Alternative form of barefaced.
   • 1680 September 12 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Gilbert Burnet, A Sermon Preached before the Right-honourable the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at Bow-Church, September 2. 1680. being the Anniversary Fast for the Burning of London, London: […] Richard Chiswel, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 5:

     And they vvere become ſo bare-faced and impudent in their Vices, that good and prudent Men thought fit to keep ſilence in that Time, becauſe it vvas an evil Time.

派生語

語源

Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare +‎ faced.

Compary typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/

形容詞

barefaced (comparative more barefaced, superlative most barefaced)

1. Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.

   Synonyms: brazen, coarse

   • 1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:

     Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.

2. Open, undisguised.

   Synonym: bald-faced

3. Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).

   Synonym: clean-shaven

4. Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.

   Synonym: bareface

5. Not wearing makeup on the face.

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参照

• “barefaced”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.