un varnished

adjective

plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.

unfinished, as floors or furniture; not coated with or as if with varnish.

Origin:
1595–1605; un-¹ + varnish + -ed³, -ed²

Synonyms
1. bare, naked, candid, direct.

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unvarnished (ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt)

—*adj*
	not elaborated upon or glossed; plain and direct: the unvarnished truth

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unvarnished

1604, of statements, "not embellished," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of varnish (v.). Lit. sense of "not covered in varnish" is recorded from 1758.

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