Front | effrontery \ih-FRUN-tuh-ree\ |
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Back | noun Shameless boldness; presumptuousness. [From French effronterie, from effronté (shameless), from Latin effrons (barefaced, shameless), from ex- (out of, from) + frons (forehead, brow).] "The effrontery of such pedestrian politicos to display their appetite for power and authority is stupefying." Uri Dan; Think of Him As 'Last of the Just'; The Jerusalem Post (Israel); Nov 1, 2006. |
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