abashlessadj.
/əˈbaʃləs/, U.S. /əˈbæʃləs/ Chiefly poetic and literary. Now rare.
Unabashed, shameless. Also figurative.
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1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 127 Words as ready and as big As the part he played, the bold abashless one.
a1896 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) III. 1179 Where every bird is bold to go And bees abashless play.
1930 W. Faulkner in Saturday Evening Post 25 Oct. 6/3 When the two Indians entered, after the abashless sunlight they could distinguish nothing with the eyes.
1973 Democratic World (New Delhi) 15 Mar. 15/3 Gulzar's third directorial venture, (the first was..a remake of a famous Bengali film..and the second..an abashless remake of Sound of Music).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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