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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ef·fron·tery (plural -ter·ies) ETYMOLOGY French effronterie, ultimately from Medieval Latin effront-, effrons shameless, from Latin ex- + front-, frons forehead DATE 1697 : shameless boldness : insolence Synonyms: see temerity English Etymology effrontery 1715, from Fr. effronterie, from effronte "shameless," from O.Fr .esfronte, probably from L.L. effrontem (nom. effrons) "barefaced," from L. ex- "out" + frontem (nom. frons) "brow" (see front). L. frontus had a sense of "ability to blush," but the lit. sense of effrontery has usually been taken to be "putting forth the forehead."http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 effrontery ef·front·ery / i5frQntEri / noun[U] (formal) behaviour that is confident and very rude, without any feeling of shame 厚颜无耻的行为；傲慢鲁莽的举止 SYN nerve
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ef·fron·tery \ə̇ˈfrəntərē, eˈ-, ēˈ-, -ri\ noun (-es) Etymology: French effronterie, from Middle French, from effronté shameless (from Late Latin effront-, effrons — from Latin ex- + front-, frons forehead — + Middle French -é, from Latin -atus -ate) + -erie -ery — more at front : flagrant boldness that is offensive or insolent in its crass discourtesy or utter presumption : gall < the effrontery to propound three such heresies — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: see temerity |
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