effrontery
Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/
The English word “effrontery” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
Etymology
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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