EFFRONTERY
Pronunciation: ih-fruhn-tuh-ree
Definition: (n) shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced authority.
UD Definition(s):
1. brazen boldness; presumptuousness.
Google Image:
Wouldn't it be more enthralling if his wife were home?
Origin: originated from the French effronterie and old French esfront, which literally translates to putting forth one's forehead (circa 1715-25).
Used in a Sentence: He had the effrontery to accuse her of witchcraft.
Synonyms: audacity, gall, impudence, insolence, shamelessness, nerve
Words that Rhyme: Much like the awful colors orange and purple, effrontery has no rhyming partners.
Quote: "The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery." - Samuel Johnson, British author.
Scrabble Score: 19
WordCount Popularity Rank: #47,556
WTF:
Can someone explain to me what's going on in this painting titled "Effrontery"?
Youtube Video:
Here's a video for a Hyundai ad in Argentina. They use the slogan "More effrontery" which doesn't make any sense, unless they meant the car was bold (in which case bold would have been the appropriate word). Despite this, it must have been a success since it was also used in Russia.
Other:
I first heard this word in an English version of Don Quixote. This book was assigned for a class and after months of procrastination, I went to Spark Notes, and read the summary. I remember that Sancho Panza, one of the characters, began talking down to Don Quixote, and Don Quixote calls him out on his effrontery.
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