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effrontery

[ ih-fruhn-tuh-ree ]

noun

plural effronteries.
  1. shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity:

    She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.

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  2. an act or instance of this.


effrontery

/ ɪˈڰʌԳəɪ /

noun

  1. shameless or insolent boldness; impudent presumption; audacity; temerity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of effrontery1

1705–15; < French effronterie, equivalent to Old French esfront shameless ( es- ex- 1 + front brow; front ) + -erie -ery
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Word History and Origins

Origin of effrontery1

C18: from French effronterie, from Old French esfront barefaced, shameless, from Late Latin effrons, literally: putting forth one's forehead; see front
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Despite the differences, the effrontery of a U.S. president mocking their relative weakness and implying that they’re all just a bunch of wannabe Americans brought them quickly together.

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It was followed by the trademark look of complete effrontery at the perceived injustice of it all, even though there was none.

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It added: “Perhaps someone will say the Jews deserve this fate. Saying this is in itself a colossal effrontery.”

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They are apparently seething over his rude effrontery, the serve-my-whims, feed-me-another-grape demands that they “indemnify” him from anything, ever, before he will free them from his odious presence by selling.

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The four band members were low-born Northerners from a dingy port town with no formal education; their success was against the natural order of things, an act of effrontery.

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