The Collaborative International Dictionary
Free-spoken \Free"-spo`ken\, a.
Accustomed to speak without reserve; willing to speak out
without subtlety.
--Bacon.
Syn: bluff, blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Free"-spo`ken*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"accustomed to speaking without reserve," 1620s, from free (adj.) + -spoken.
Wiktionary
a. Characterized by direct and open expression of views, feelings, etc.
WordNet
adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]
Usage examples of "free-spoken".
While the German edition was in course of publication, Herr Brockhaus employed a certain Jean Laforgue, a professor of the French language at Dresden, to revise the original manuscript, correcting Casanova's vigorous, but at times incorrect, and often somewhat Italian, French according to his own notions of elegant writing, suppressing passages which seemed too free-spoken from the point of view of morals and of politics, and altering the names of some of the persons referred to, or replacing those names by initials.