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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sans gêne.
Noun
sans gêne (uncountable)
- Lack of constraint; brazenness; unreservedness (unabashed behavior, disregard for societal constraints)
Translations
Adjective
sans gêne (not comparable)
- Without constraint, unembarrassed.
1853, Theodore Winthrop, The Canoe and the Saddle, chapter X:Loolowcan was evidently at home among these compatriots, frowzier even than he. He squatted among them, sans gêne, and lighted his pipe. One of the ladies did the honors, and motioned me to a seat upon a rusty bear-skin.
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
sans gêne (invariable)
- unembarrassed, brazen, shameless
Derived terms