effronteryn.
/ɛˈfrʌntəri/ Shameless audacity, unblushing insolence. Also concrete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]
hardiessec1300
boldness1377
malapertness?a1439
over-boldnessc1450
insolencya1513
protervitya1527
impudency1529
sauce malapert1529
petulancy1537
procacitya1538
audacity1545
sauceliness1552
forehead1564
hardihead1579
hardihood1594
outfacing1598
audaciousness1599
impudentness1599
petulancea1600
impertinency1609
impertinence1612
impudencea1616
procacya1620
affrontedness1640
brow1642
front1653
insolence1668
affrontery1679
assurance1699
effrontery1715
affrontiveness1721
swagger1725
imperence1765
cheek1823
sassiness1834
cheekiness1838
pawk1855
gall1882
chutzpah1886
face1890
mouth1891
crust1900
rind1901
smarting1902
hide1916
brass neck1937
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 28 By Printing those Orthodox Letters he gain'd the Point of making his own Effrontaries to sell the better.
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. v. 100 I express my Resentment..by the superficial Effrontery..of my Brows.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxvii. 60 The happy inheritance of impregnable effrontery.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 83 Both as modest in their youth, as afterwards remarkable for their effrontery.
1858 F. W. Robertson Lect. ii. 58 With blasphemy and unscrupulous effrontery.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person
bolda1400
capron hardya1477
malaperta1529
jackanapes1534
past-shame1553
saucea1556
saucy-face1566
outfacer1579
impudent1586
Jack sauce?1590
brazen-face1602
impertinence1611
impertinent1612
insolency1613
insolenta1616
brass-face1647
flapsea1652
impudence1671
bold-face1692
ironface1697
Corinthian1699
scandal-proof1699
saucy-box1702
busker1728
insolence1740
effronterist1776
pert1785
nash-gab1816
card1853
pawk1855
sass-box1856
a one1880
cockapert1881
1776 Adv. Corkscrew ii. 18 He was now become a perfect effronterist.
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