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un⋅var⋅nished

  [uhn-vahr-nisht]
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–adjective
1. plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth.
2. unfinished, as floors or furniture; not coated with or as if with varnish.
Origin:
1595–1605; un- 1 + varnish + -ed 3 , -ed 2

Synonyms:
1. bare, naked, candid, direct.
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un·var·nished   (ŭn'vär'nĭsht)   
adj.  
  1. Not coated with varnish: unvarnished floors.
  2. Stated or otherwise presented without any effort to soften or disguise; plain: 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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