sans gêne

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sans gêne

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Borrowed from French sans gêne.

noun sans-gene · sans gene · sans-gêne

  1. uncountable Lack of constraint; brazenness; unreservedness (unabashed behavior, disregard for societal constraints) The rogue, like the artist and perhaps the gentleman, belongs to no class. He is not embarrassed by the sans gene of the hobo, nor put out of countenance by the etiquette of the prince.

adjective sans-gene · sans gene · sans-gêne

  1. not comparable Without constraint, unembarrassed. Loolowcan was evidently at home among these compatriots, frowzier even than he. He squatted among them, sans gêne, and lighted his pipe. One of the ladies did the honors, and motioned me to a seat upon a rusty bear-skin.

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noun lack of constraint

Русскийбесцеремо́нность besceremónnostʹ, развя́зность razvjáznostʹ

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@misc{sans_ge_ne_2026,
  title = {sans gêne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sans%20g%C3%AAne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}