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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.
Impudence; assurance; shameless boldness; sauciness; boldness transgressing the bounds of modesty and decorum. Effrontry is a sure mark of ill breading.

Definition 2024


effrontery

effrontery

English

Noun

effrontery (countable and uncountable, plural effronteries)

  1. (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
    We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
  2. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
    Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.

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Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:effrontery.

Translations

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.