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effrontery

eff·ron·tery

UK/ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/ US/ɛˈfɹʌntəɹi/ uncommon

noun

1.

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

  • “he despised them for their presumptuousness”
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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.

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