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Word Meanings - OUTSPOKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke. -- Out*spo"ken*ness, n.

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  • FAMILIARLY
    In a familiar manner.
  • FRANKALMOIGNE
    A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
  • SINCERELY
    In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
  • INGENUOUS
    frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See Genius, and 1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. 2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; uprigth; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. If
  • FRANKFORT BLACK
    . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
  • HONESTY
    Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
  • CANDIDATING
    The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.
  • CANDID
    fr. candëre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend, incend, to set 1. White. The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden. 2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge
  • PLAINTIVE
    1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
  • PLAINTIFF
    One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
  • SINCERENESS
    See FL
  • CANDIDATESHIP
    Candidacy.
  • INGENUOUSNESS
    1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness. 2. Ingenuity. Fuller.
  • PLAINT
    A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. Blackstone. (more info) planctum , to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. 1. Audible expression of sorrow;
  • PLAINLY
    In a plain manner; clearly.
  • HONESTATION
    The act of honesting; grace; adornment. W. Montagu.
  • CANDIDATURE
    Candidacy.
  • PLAIN-SPOKEN
    Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.
  • PLAINTLESS
    Without complaint; unrepining. "Plaintless patience." Savage.
  • PLAIN-HEARTED
    Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.
  • DISHONESTY
    1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
  • UNHONEST
    Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. -- Un*hon"est*ly, adv. Udall.
  • DEHONESTATE
    To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see
  • CHAMPLAIN PERIOD
    A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending
  • EXPLAIN
    out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear
  • UNSINCERE
    Not sincere or pure; insincere. Dryden. -- Un`sin*cere"ness, n.

 

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