unashamed (iou) and connection (iou)

unashamed (iou)

unashamed adjective. E17.
[from UN-1 + ASHAMED.]
Not ashamed, not feeling or showing guilt or embarrassment; blatant, bold.
Times Literary Supplement As an unashamed Mediterranean male, he is suitably misogynistic.
unashamedly adverb E20.
unashamedness noun L19.

connection (iou)

connection noun. Also (earlier, now usual only in sense 6b) connexion. LME.
[Latin connexio(n-), from connex- pa. ppl stem of connectere: see CONNECT, -ION. Mod. spelling after connect.]
gen. The action or an act of connecting or joining; the state of being connected. LME.
C. Darwin This connection of the former and present buds by ramifying branches. J. Bryce The connection of Church and State.
b. The connecting of parts of an electric circuit; the making of electrical contact. M19.
SCOTT CONNECTION.
c. A linking by telephone communication. L19.
A connecting part; spec. a link between electrical components, a means of making electrical contact. LME.
(A) causal or logical relationship or association; (an) interdependence. E17.
E. W. Robertson There was a close connexion during the early feudal period between rank and wealth. J. Conrad The voice returned, stammering words without connection.
(A) contextual relation. Esp. in in this connection, in the same connection, in another connection. E18.
R. Porson Martin took the sentence out of its connection.
Personal dealing; a personal relationship or association. (Foll. by with.) M18.
F. Raphael She cared little for her parents' world and had no connexion with it.
b. A sexual relationship, sexual intercourse. arch. L18.
A body of people united by political, commercial, or Other ties; a body of customers or clients. M18.
Ld Macaulay At the head of a strong parliamentary connection.
b. spec. (connexion.) In the Methodist Church or its offshoots: a denomination, an interrelated system of congregations. M18.
(A) family relationship, as by Marriage or distant consanguinity. Freq. in pl. L18.
Ld Macaulay He was, by hereditary connection, a Cavalier. J. Fenton He was always Boasting of his connections.
b. A person connected with another or others by Marriage or distant consanguinity; an acquaintance, esp. one who has prestige or influence. L18.
S. H. Adams [John Quincy Adams] may well have been a connection of our line.
The scheduled meeting of one train, aeroplane, etc., with another on another route, for the transfer of passengers; the facilities or arrangements for this. M19.
L. MacNeice I missed my connection in Glasgow and had to spend the day there.
A purchase of illegal drugs; a person who peddles or supplies these; an organization dealing in illegal drugs. slang (orig. US). M20.

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