effrontery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: effrontery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for effrontery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effrontery n audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" Synonym(s): presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effrontery \Effront"ery\, n.; pl. {Effronteries}. [F. effronterie, fr. effront[82] shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See {Front}.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft. Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See {Impudence}.