self-revealing

self-revealing
/self"ri vee"ling, self'-/, adj.
displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
Also, self-revelatory /self"ri vel"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, -rev"euh leuh-, self'-/, self-revelative /self"ri vel"euh tiv, -rev"euh lay'-, self'-/.
[1830-40]

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