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open-breasted

open-breasted adjective: frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings.

Adjective

open-breasted (comparative more open-breasted, superlative most open-breasted)

  1. (archaic) Frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings.
    • Hark you, what lady's that? / Be open-breasted, so will I to thee.1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, III.2
  2. With the breast exposed; (of clothing) not covering the breast.
    • Franco, with a shaved head covered in Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift tattoos and mustache, wearing a '70s-style open-breasted velvet suit, came to the stage to accept the fictional award, saying simply, "That's not my name."2014 September 5, Ariston Anderson, The Hollywood Reporter

Forms of open-breasted

comparativemore open-breasted
superlativemost open-breasted

Questions about open-breasted

What does open-breasted mean?
Open-breasted means frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings.
What part of speech is open-breasted?
Open-breasted is an adjective.

Words near open-breasted in the dictionary

  1. open-arses
  2. open-back
  3. open-book
  4. open-book contract
  5. open-book contracts
  6. open-breasted
  7. open-carried
  8. open-carries
  9. open-carry
  10. open-carrying
  11. open-cast

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