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franksome en · ADJ

Etymology

From frank + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked or characterised by frankness
   • Ay, ay, a franksome lad — a ne'er-do-well; [...] 1863, Charles Swain, Art and Fashion:
   • Pixies of franksome moods / Dreams of delight! 1845, The New Monthly Belle Assemblée:
   • For still as one by one they grew / To Childhood's franksome years, / They one by one were torn away / To bondage and to tears. 1836, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Essays, Philanthropic and Moral:
   • I might have easily attached myself to one of the franksome young gypsies who were about me, and who put forth many a lure, but my heart was unalterably wedded to Francesca; [...] 1869, Edward Vaughan Kenealy, An Autobiography:

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