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- effrontery
effrontery
Definition:
shameless and insulting boldness
Synonym:
insolence
effrontery
at the Free Dictionary
effrontery
at Dictionary.com
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External definitions:
ef·front·er·y
(
-fr
n
t
-r
)
n.
pl.
ef·front·er·ies
Brazen boldness; presumptuousness.
[French
effronterie
, from
effronté
,
shameless
, from Old French
esfronte
, from Vulgar Latin
*effront
tus
, alteration of Late Latin
effr
ns
, effront-
:
ex-
,
ex-
+
fr
ns
, front-
,
front, forehead
].
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