Effrontery Definition

ĭ-frŭntə-rē
effronteries
noun
Unashamed boldness; impudence; audacity; presumption.
Webster's New World
An act or instance of this.
Webster's New World
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Singular:
effrontery
Plural:
effronteries

Origin of Effrontery

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus, from Latin exfrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”).

    From Wiktionary

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