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effrontery

[ ih-fruhn-tuh-ree ]

noun

, plural ef·fron·ter·ies.
  1. shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity:

    She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.

    Synonyms: cheek, impudence, impertinence

  2. an act or instance of this.


effrontery

/ ɪˈfrʌntərɪ /

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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Example Sentences

Last July in Moscow, Magnitsky was given a posthumous punishment for his effrontery by being put on trial for tax evasion.

Without real and ingenious effrontery there is not doing anything at court.

She had the effrontery to hold the baby up, with his little naked legs kicking in Tanqueray's face.

How dared he have the effrontery to intrude his unclean carcass betwixt the wind and our nobility?

The old Bohemian was there, in a humble attitude, little conformable with the effrontery natural to his race.

Some of the senators doubted that the President had such "daring effrontery" as to ask for such power.

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