What does open-breasted mean?
Open-breasted means (now rare) Frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings..
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(now rare) Frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings..
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."
Use open-breasted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Open-breasted means (now rare) Frank, unsecretive; not concealing one's feelings..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hark you, what lady's that? / Be open-breasted, so will I to thee.
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