effrontery

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
  2. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English: front). By surface analysis, ef- + front + -er + -y.

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