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Webster 1913 Edition
Effrontery
Ef-front′er-y
,Noun.
pl.
Effronteries
(#)
. [F.
effronterie
, fr. effronté
shameless, fr. L. effrons
, -ontis
, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex
+ frons
the forehead. See Front
.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Syn. – Impudence; sauciness. See
Impudence
. Webster 1828 Edition
Effrontery
EFFRONT'ERY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
effrontery
effrontery
English
Noun
effrontery (countable and uncountable, plural effronteries)
- (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
- We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
- (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
- Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.
Related terms
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:effrontery.
Translations
insolent and shameless audacity
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References
- 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988
- “Effrontery, n.”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.