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barefaced (adj.)
1580s, "with face uncovered or shaven;" see
bare
(adj.) +
face
(n.). Thus, "unconcealed" (c.1600), and, in a bad sense, "shameless" (1670s). Cf.
effrontery
. The half-French
bare-vis
(adj.) conveyed the same sense in Middle English.
