ef|fron|ter|y

ef|fron|ter|y
ef|fron|ter|y «uh FRUHN tuhr ee, -tree», noun, plural -ter|ies.
shameless boldness; impudence: »

The politician had the effrontery to ask the people he had insulted to vote for him.

SYNONYM(S): presumption, insolence, audacity.
[< French effronterie < Old French esfronte shameless < Latin effrōns barefaced < ex- out + frōns, frontis brow]

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