effrontery
/ɪˈfɹʌntəi/ih-FRUHN-tur-ee
/ɪˈfɹʌntɚi/ih-FRUHN-tur-ee
Meaningbrow-out-ness, shamelessness
Common meaning: bold, rude cheek
- efout
- frontthe forehead, the frontLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 783 · scan
- erynoun ending: state or practice
‘out’ + ‘the forehead, the front’ → effrontery
Journey through time
- Frencheffronterie‘impudence’source
- Englisheffrontery‘bold, rude cheek’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin frōns ‘the forehead, the front’.
Roots
- frōns, frontis Latin “the forehead, the front”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app