effrontery

• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ɪˈfrʌntəri/, /ɛˈfrʌntəri/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

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
2. an act of insolent and shameless audacity

• 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.