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frontless

American  
[fruhnt-lis] / ˈfrʌnt lɪs /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. shameless; unblushing.


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Etymology

Origin of frontless

First recorded in 1595–1605; front + -less

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He is restrained, frontless company: clever, composed, serious even, behind the fine beak and popping eyes.

From The Guardian May 5, 2016

People talked about weather, washing machines, colds, divorce, children's appetites, and at times, after a few drinks, about that fascinating postwar fiction, the frontless evening gown.

From Time Magazine Archive

A face untaught to feign; a judging eye, That darts severe upon a rising lie, And strikes a blush through frontless flattery.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by George Gilfillan

In short, he is a demagogue in embryo, with every quality necessary to a splendid success in that vocation,—a strong voice, a fluent utterance, an incessant iteration, and a frontless impudence.

From Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford

Is not this the very utmost reach of frontless profligacy?

From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin

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