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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: effronterie, from Late Latin effrons 'shameless'

effrontery

 noun
     
ef‧fron‧te‧ry [uncountable] formal
rude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident
have the effrontery to do something
She had the effrontery to ask me for more money.
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