unbosomv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈbʊz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌənˈbʊzəm/ 1.
a. transitive. To bring out from the breast or heart; to give vent to; esp. to disclose, reveal.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > thoughts or feelings
unbuttonc1325
unbreast1559
unbosom1598
unbowel1649
eccentricate1708
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
disbosom1868
unzip1939
uncap1980
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 140 Their seuerall counsailes they vnboosome shall. View more context for this quotation
a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) v. 31 Here may thy Griefs unbosome all their grones.
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) ix. 412 But God..is pleased to unbosom his secrets, and most clearly to manifest the way into the holiest of all.
1718 D. Defoe Family Instructor II. i. i. 9 I have long'd a great while to unbosom my Sorrows to some body.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. viii. 63 He then unbosomed the violence of his Passion to Lady Bellaston. View more context for this quotation
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 149 It was difficult to find a friend to whom he could safely unbosom his views or wishes.
1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxv. 468 He was freely unbosoming his perplexities and his anguish to General Coletta.
b. reflexive. To disclose or reveal one's thoughts, secrets, etc.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (reflexive)] > disclose one's thoughts or feelings
open1548
relate1625
unbowel1647
unbosoma1659
disembosom1767
a1659 T. Ball Life Preston (1885) 171 To him he, therefore, now unbossomed himselfe.
1673 True Notion Worship of God 44 When men unbosome themselves to their Ministers.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 528. ⁋1 [I] have now taken Pen, Ink, and Paper, and am resolv'd to unbosom my self to you.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. ix. 186 Mr. Nightingale taking the old Gentleman with him up Stairs,..unbosomed himself as follows. View more context for this quotation
1803 Censor 1 Oct. 110 Having been lately in great distress of mind,..I was led..to unbosom myself to several friends.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 46 The fat fellow could not be brought to unbosom himself of his great secret.
c. absol. = 1b.
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1733 P. Shaw tr. F. Bacon De Sapientia Veterum iii, in Philos. Wks. I. 593 Princes usually treat such Persons familiarly; and..think they may with safety unbosom to them.
a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) i. 16 Similarity of sentiments..may have induced him to unbosom to you.
1804 H. K. White Let. Sept. in Remains (1807) I. 127 I am long before I can unbosom to a friend.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist xxix She was really the last person to whom he could unbosom.
2. To lay open or disclose to the eye.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > make visible
wisec1400
show1532
reveal1590
unbosom1610
unveil1656
visualize1912
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 29 Rose-buds bright Vnbosoming their brests against the light.
1728 J. Thomson Spring 27 Along the blushing Borders, dewy-bright..Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every Grace.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 258 The world in vain unbosometh her beauty, We have no list to live.
3. To empty or exhaust (the bosom). rare.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty or exhaust > the bosom
unbosom1610
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 4 Greefes companie..That lankes the cheekes, and pales the freshest sight, Vnbosoming the cheerefull brest of all delight.
Derivatives
unˈbosomer n.
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1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxiv. 225 That great unbosomer of secrets, a cigar.
1895 E. S. Purcell Life Cardinal Manning I. xxii. 475 Not as a teacher, but as an unbosomer of his own burdens.
unˈbosoming n.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]
discoveringa1375
nakeninga1382
bewrayingc1386
detection1471
discoverture?1473
revelationc1485
disclosinga1513
disclosurea1525
disclose1548
overture1548
patefaction1553
displaying1556
discovery1567
unripping1568
revealment1576
discoverment1578
retection1581
unmaskinga1586
unclasping?1592
denudation1593
untrussing1597
uncovering1598
detecting1604
divulging1604
divulgation1610
unvizardinga1628
exposinga1631
divulgement1632
unbowellinga1639
unfolding1646
revealinga1649
unrolling1648
pre-discovery1653
discoverance1664
unshelling1670
development1760
unveilinga1774
disclosal1786
displayment1801
divulgence1851
revelationism1854
unbosoming1910
uncovery1963
1910 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 57 And with a voice of growing strength renewed His vague unbosomings.
1935 D. Thomas Poems (1971) 46 Summer to him Is the un~bosoming of the sun.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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