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Word of the Day Effrontery Aug. 24, 2007
8/24/2007 6:04:47 AM

Word of the Day
Friday August 24, 2007

effrontery \ih-FRUN-tuh-ree\, noun:
Insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; insolence.

Who would have the effrontery to treat the chairman in this way?
-- Tom King, The Operator

Passionately she sang of Yoshitsune, her love and yearning for him, and her joy that he had successfully managed to evade his evil half-brother Yoritomo. Yoritomo was torn between rage at such effrontery and pleasure at the exquisite beauty of her voice.
-- Lesley Downer, Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Effrontery is from French effronterie, ultimately from Late Latin effrons, effront-, "shameless," literally "without forehead" (to blush with), from Latin ex-, "out of" + frons, front-, "forehead."

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for effrontery

 

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Re: Word of the Day Effrontery Aug. 24, 2007
8/24/2007 6:09:32 AM

Good Morning Bj!

I've been confronted with effrontery ...

and all I can think of is Effron Zimbalist Jr.  who is either the actor or character from an old tv show!

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Re: Word of the Day Effrontery Aug. 24, 2007
8/24/2007 6:11:28 AM

Does one say?

Enough effronterousness!

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Re: Word of the Day Effrontery Aug. 24, 2007
8/24/2007 1:16:52 PM

Hi Bj,
I have several of my own words for these people. LOL! Thanks!
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Re: Word of the Day Effrontery Aug. 24, 2007
8/24/2007 2:15:14 PM

Bj,

I agree with Mary! LOL @ Mary! :)

 

~Monica

 

P.S. Where is Joe with our sentence of the day???

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