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Meaning of open-breasted | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings.
archaic
With the breast exposed; (of clothing) not covering the breast.

Examples

“Hark you, what lady's that? / Be open-breasted, so will I to thee.”

“Franco, with a shaved head covered in Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift tattoos and mustache, wearing a '70s-style open-breasted velvet suit, came to the stage to accept the fictional award, saying simply, "That's not my name."”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

open-cast open-chain open-collar open-concept open-ear open-eared