Effrontery \ih-FRUN-tuh-ree\ (noun) - Insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; insolence.
"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."
"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."
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