frontless
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- frontlessly adverb
- frontlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of frontless
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
"Shadowy and unreal! frontless as thou art!" exclaimed the King.
From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir
Meek Resignation with her Mistress came, And gentle Patience, and unsullied Fame: Onward they went, nor fear'd the assailing cry Of frontless Vice and barking Calumny.
From The First of April Or, The Triumphs of Folly: A Poem Dedicated to a Celebrated Duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad. by Combe, William
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
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