effrontery

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From late 17th century Template:F. (deprecated template usage) effronterie, from (deprecated template usage) effronté < Template:OF. (deprecated template usage) esfronté < Template:proto < Template:L. (deprecated template usage) exfrōns, from prefix (deprecated template usage) ex- + (deprecated template usage) frōns.

effrontery (plural effronteries)

1. insolent and shameless audacity

   We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.

2. an act of insolent and shameless audacity

   Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.

For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:effrontery#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:effrontery]].

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572
• 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

“Effrontery, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.