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#: ''May I be '''frank''' with you?'' #: ''May I be '''frank''' with you?''
==Etymology== ==Etymology==
-From Old French ''franc'' (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the [[Franks]].+From Old French ''[[franc]]'' (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the [[Franks]].
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Venus of Urbino (1538, detail) by Titian. The frankness of Venus' expression is often noted; she makes direct eye contact with the viewer
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Venus of Urbino (1538, detail) by Titian. The frankness of Venus' expression is often noted; she makes direct eye contact with the viewer

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  1. Honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt.
    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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