Word of the DayFriday 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
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!
Beth
Does one say?
Enough effronterousness!
Hi Bj,I have several of my own words for these people. LOL! Thanks!Mary
Bj,
I agree with Mary! LOL @ Mary! :)
~Monica
P.S. Where is Joe with our sentence of the day???