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    [Noun]  | "ef*fron*tery" | \ i-ˈfrən-tə-rē \


    1: shameless boldness : insolence


    Origin: 1697 ;

     French effronterie, ultimately from Medieval Latin effront-, effrons shameless, from Latin ex- + front-, frons forehead;

    [Noun]  | "effrontery" 


    1: shameless boldness;


      * e.g., " ... the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips "



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     [ "effrontery" ]

    1: brazen boldness; presumptuousness.

      * e.g.,  ... Jason's effrontery got the best of him last night. He got his head pounded-in after he exchanged a few heated words with a guy in an empty parking lot. 

     [ "effrontery" ]

    1: Insolent and shameless audacity.

      * e.g.,  ... We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country. 

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