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frontless

American  
[fruhnt-lis] / ˈfrʌnt lɪs /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. shameless; unblushing.


Other Word Forms

  • frontlessly adverb
  • frontlessness noun

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

Let him come if he like; he may trouble himself and his own impoverished patience, but we shall slight him on our stage, and tax him of frontless insolence.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

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