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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Effrontery \Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl. {Effronteries}. [F.
effronterie, fr. effront['e] 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.
[1913 Webster]
Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft.
Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See {Impudence}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effrontery
n 1: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
{presumption}, {presumptuousness}, {effrontery},
{assumption}]
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