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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

Example Sentences

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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

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 Mitford, Mary Russell

Is not this the very utmost reach of frontless profligacy?

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

The frontless cynic next in rank I saw, Sworn foe to decency and nature's modest law.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

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