effrontery

== English == === Etymology === From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English: front). By surface analysis, ef- +‎ front +‎ -er +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/, /ɛˈfɹʌntəɹi/ === Noun === effrontery (countable and uncountable, plural effronteries) (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:effrontery. ==== Related terms ==== affront ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN “Effrontery, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.