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ef⋅fron⋅ter⋅y
[i-fruhn-tuh-ree] 
tə
–noun, plural -ter⋅ies.
| 1. | shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples. |
| 2. | an act or instance of this. |
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| ef·front·er·y (ĭ-frŭn'tə-rē) n. pl. ef·front·er·ies Brazen boldness; presumptuousness. [French effronterie, from effronté, shameless, from Old French esfronte, from Vulgar Latin *effrontātus, alteration of Late Latin effrōns, effront- : ex-, ex- + frōns, front-, front, forehead.] |
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Effrontery
Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl. Effronteries. [F. effronterie, fr. effront['e] 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. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft. Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.
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Language Translation for : effrontery
Spanish:
descaro,
German:
die Frechheit,
Japanese:
厚かましさ
effrontery
1715, from Fr. effronterie, from effronte "shameless," from O.Fr. esfronte, probably from L.L. effrontem (nom. effrons) "barefaced," from L. ex- "out" + frontem (nom. frons) "brow" (see front). L. frontus had a sense of "ability to blush," but the lit. sense of effrontery has usually been taken to be "putting forth the forehead."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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