Hypertext Webster Gateway: "effrontery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Effrontery \Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl. {Effronteries}. [F.
effronterie, fr. effront['e] 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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
effrontery
n : audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: {presumption},
{presumptuousness}, {assumption}]
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