effrontery
English
Etymology
From late 17th century (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French esfronté, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English: front).
Pronunciation
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.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:effrontery.
Related terms
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
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- “Effrontery, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989.
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