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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frank1

▶adjective

1 candid and honest.
■ sincere or undisguised: frank admiration.

2 Medicine unmistakable.

– derivatives
frankness noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘free’, also ‘generous’): from OFr. franc, from med. L. francus ‘free’, from Francus (see Frank: only Franks had full freedom in Frankish Gaul).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frank2

▶verb stamp an official mark on (a letter or parcel) to indicate that postage has been paid or does not need to be paid.

■ historical sign (a letter or parcel) to ensure delivery free of charge.

▶noun a franking mark on a letter or parcel.

– derivatives
franker noun,
franking noun.

– origin C18: from frank1, an early sense being ‘free of obligation’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Frank/fraŋk/

▶noun a member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century.

– derivatives
Frankish adjective & noun.

– origin OE Franca, of Gmc origin; perh. from the name of a weapon and rel. to OE franca ‘javelin’; reinforced in ME by med. L. Francus and OFr. Franc, of the same origin and rel. to French.

'frank' also found in these Oxford entries:

bluff - candid - clear - direct - farang - franchise - Franco- - Frank - frankincense - franklin - frankly - free - French - level - man - munchkin - open - open-faced - outspoken - plain - round - Stableford - straight - truth - unreserved - upfront - Usonian - woman

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