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effronted
† eˈffronted, ppl. a. Obs. [f. F. effronté, OF. esfronté (= It. sfrontato):—late L. *ex- (ef-)frontātus, f. (*ex-) ef-frons, f. ex out, without + frons forehead + -ed. (The L. frons occurs in the sense of ‘ability to blush’, so that effrons prob. meant ‘unblushing’; cf. browless, frontless. Some, ho...
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effrontuous
† eˈffrontuous, a. Obs. rare. [irreg. f. effronted, after words like affectuous, fatuous.] Characterized by effrontery.a 1734 North Exam. iii. vii. 543 That a Government should appear so weak as to suffer such an effrontuous proceeding to run on to this height. Hence eˈffrontuously, adv.a 1734 North...
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effrontery
effrontery (ɛˈfrʌntərɪ) Also 8 effronterie, -ary. [ad. F. effronterie, f. effronté: see effronted.] Shameless audacity, unblushing insolence. Also concr.1715 M. Davies Ath. Brit. I. Pref. 28 By Printing those Orthodox Letters he gain'd the Point of making his own Effrontaries to sell the better. 172...
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