25 July 2017

unbosom

[uhn-boo z-uh m, -boo-zuh m]

verb (used with object)

1. to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).
verb (used without object)
2. to disclose one’s thoughts, feelings, or the like, especially in confidence.
Idioms
3. unbosom oneself, to disclose one’s thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one’s private affairs:
He unbosomed himself to a complete stranger.

Origin of unbosom

1580-1590; un-2+ bosom (v.)

Related forms

unbosomer, noun

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Examples from the Web for unbosom

Historical Examples

Slowly he rolled a cigarette and began to unbosom himself to Jack.
The Indians’ Last Fight
Dennis Collins

Well, Tom, as I know you to be a sincere fellow, I will unbosom myself.
Select Temperance Tracts
American Tract Society

Once within the walls of the pleasant little room, he found it easy to unbosom himself.
That Lass O’ Lowrie’s
Frances Hodgson Burnett

Then only did he unbosom himself and tell me freely what he had to say.
The Iron Pirate
Max Pemberton

The barber, who had also heard the story, was bursting with a desire to unbosom himself upon the subject.
The Colonel’s Dream
Charles W. Chesnutt

Anagram

mob onus
sun boom

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– Winston Churchill

On this day

25 July 1603 – James VI, King of Scotland, is crowned as the first King of Great Britain and becomes James I.

25 July 1834 – death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet. Born 21 October 1772.

25 July 1946 – the United States conducts first under-water tests of an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

25 July 1978 – Bob Dylan booed off stage for using an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.

25 July 1995 – discovery of minor planet: 43844 Rowling, which was named after author J.K. Rowling in 2006.