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barechestedness

barechestedness is the alternative form of bare-chestedness.

Meaning of bare-chestedness

Noun

bare-chestedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being barechested.
    • The last of that was said because, by then, we’d pushed each other’s shirts down off each other’s shoulders, and I had dipped my hands and face in her (adorable) bare-chestedness, where I was busily inhaling fragrances, and tasting/feeling tender, precious treasures.1989 April, Julian F. Thompson, “Illuminations”, in Goofbang Value Daze, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Hardcover, →ISBN, page 121

Origin of barechestedness

From barechested + -ness.

Questions about barechestedness

What is barechestedness the alternative form of?
Barechestedness is the alternative form of bare-chestedness.

Words near barechestedness in the dictionary

  1. barebow
  2. barebum
  3. barebums
  4. barebutt
  5. barechested
  6. barechestedness
  7. bared
  8. bared all
  9. bared it all
  10. bared one's breast
  11. bared one's heart

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