EFFRONTERY

effrontery. Effrontery, n. assurance, impudence, sauciness

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Ef‐front″er‐y (?), n.; pl. Effronteries (#). [[F. effronterie, fr. effronté shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i.e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.]] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft. Syn. — Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.