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out⋅spo⋅ken

  [out-spoh-kuhn]
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–adjective
1. uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
2. free or unreserved in speech.
–verb
3. pp. of outspeak.
Origin:
1800–10; out- + spoken

Related forms:
out⋅spo⋅ken⋅ly, adverb
out⋅spo⋅ken⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See frank.

Antonyms:
2. taciturn.

out⋅speak

  [out-speek] verb, -spoke, -spo⋅ken, -speak⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to outdo or excel in speaking.
2. to utter frankly or boldly: to outspeak one's grievances.
–verb (used without object)
3. to speak out: to outspeak in defense of one's beliefs.
Origin:
1595–1605; out- + speak
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out·speak   (out-spēk')   
v.   out·spoke (-spōk'), out·spo·ken (-spō'kən), out·speak·ing, out·speaks

v.   tr. Archaic
To speak better or more cogently than (another).
v.   intr.
To speak out.
out·spo·ken   (out-spō'kən)   
v.  Past participle of outspeak.
adj.  

  1. Spoken without reserve; candid.

  2. Frank and unreserved in speech. See Synonyms at frank1.

out·spo'ken·ly adv., out·spo'ken·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

outspoken 
"given to speaking freely," 1808, originally Scottish, from out + pt. of speak (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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