Frankness
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| - | [[Image:Venus (Titian).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Venus of Urbino|Venus of Urbino]]'' ([[1538]], detail) by [[Titian]]. The [[frank]]ness of Venus' [[facial expression|expression]] is often noted; she makes direct [[eye contact]] with the [[viewer]]]] | + | [[Image:Venus (Titian).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Venus of Urbino|Venus of Urbino]]'' ([[1538]], detail) by [[Titian]]. The [[frankness]] of Venus' [[facial expression|expression]] is often noted; she makes direct [[eye contact]] with the [[viewer]]]] |
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| # [[Honest]], especially in an manner that seems slightly [[blunt]]. | # [[Honest]], especially in an manner that seems slightly [[blunt]]. | ||
| #: ''May I be '''frank''' with you?'' | #: ''May I be '''frank''' with you?'' | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Old French ''[[franc]]'' (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the [[Franks]]. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Parrhesia]] | ||
| + | *[[Redlichkeit]] | ||
| + | *[[Straightforward]] | ||
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Etymology
From Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks.
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