effrontery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Insolent and shameless audacity. uncountable
    — We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
  2. An act of insolent and shameless audacity. countable
    — Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.

词形变化

effronteries plural

词汇关系

相关词
affront

词源

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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