franksome

English

Etymology

From frank +‎ -some.

Adjective

franksome (comparative more franksome, superlative most franksome)

1. Marked or characterised by frankness
   • 1836, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Essays, Philanthropic and Moral:

     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.

   • 1845, The New Monthly Belle Assemblée:

     Pixies of franksome moods / Dreams of delight!

   • 1863, Charles Swain, Art and Fashion:

     Ay, ay, a franksome lad — a ne'er-do-well; [...]

   • 1869, Edward Vaughan Kenealy, An Autobiography:

     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; [...]

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