innocence &c 946; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity;
singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty &c 939; plain
speaking; epanchement [Fr.].
rough diamond, matter of fact man; le palais de verite [Fr.];
enfant terrible [Fr.].
V. be artless &c adj.; look one in the face; wear one's heart upon his
sleeves for daws to peck at†; think aloud; speak out, speak one's mind;
be free with one, call a spade a spade.
Adj. artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain,
inartificial†, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu†, unaffected, naive;
sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless;
unsuspicious, honest &c 939; innocent &c 946; Arcadian†; undesigning,
straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded;
frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.
free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct,
matter of fact, unpoetical†; unflattering.
Adv. in plain words, in plain English; without mincing the matter; not
to mince the matter &c (affirmation) 535.
Phr. Davus sum non Oedipus [Lat.] [Terence]; liberavi animam meam
[Lat.]; as frank as rain on cherry blossoms [E.B.
Browning].
SECTION IV.
ANTAGONISM