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  • 1 audācia

        audācia ae, f    [audax], daring, courage, valor, bravery, boldness, intrepidity: in bello, S.: audaciae egere, S.: miraculo audaciae obstupefecit hostis, L.: si verbis audacia detur, if I may speak boldly, O.—Daring, audacity, presumption, temerity, insolence. hominis inpudens, T.: Tantā adfectus audaciā, T.: (vir) summā audaciā, Cs.: consilium plenum audaciae: intoleranda, S.: in audaces non est audacia tuta, O.: quantas audacias, daring deeds: non humanae ac tolerandae audaciae (hominum sunt).
    * * *
    boldness, daring, courage, confidence; recklessness, effrontery, audacity

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  • 2 cōnfīdenter

        cōnfīdenter adv. with comp. and sup.    [confidens], boldly, daringly, with intrepidity: dicere confidentius.—Audaciously, impudently, T.: confidentissime resistens, Her.
    * * *
    confidentius, confidentissime ADV
    boldly, daringly, with assurance; audaciously, impudently, with effrontery

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  • 3 ōs

       ōs ōris (no gen plur.), n     the mouth: ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum: tenerum pueri, H.: os loquentis Opprimere, O.: e foliis natos Ore legunt (apes), V.: Gallica Temperat ora frenis, i. e. controls the horses, H.: nidum sibi construit ore, beak, O.: hostilia Ora canum, jaws, O.— Prov.: equi frenato est auris in ore, H.—The organ of speech, mouth, tongue, lips: in orest omni populo, in everybody's mouth, T.: istius nequitiam in ore volgi esse versatam: Postumius in ore erat, was the common talk, L.: consolatio, quam semper in ore habere debemus, to talk of constantly: poscebatur ore volgi dux Agricola, unanimously, Ta.: uno ore dicere, with one consent, T.: Uno ore auctores fuere, ut, etc., unanimously advised, T.: volito vivus per ora virūm, become famous, Enn. ap. C.: in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, become a by-word of mockery, L.: quasi pleniore ore laudare, with more zest.—The face, countenance, look, expression, features: figura oris, T.: in ore sunt omnia, i. e. everything depends on the expression: concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, leave them alone, T.: ad tribunum ora convertunt, looks, Cs.: agnoscunt ora parentum, V.: ales cristati cantibus oris, O.: coram in os te laudare, to your face, T.: nulli laedere os, insult to his face, T.: qui hodie usque os praebui, exposed myself to insult, T.: ut esset posteris ante os documentum, etc.: ante ora coniugum omnia pati, L.: Ora corticibus horrenda cavatis, masks, V.—As expressing boldness or modesty, the face, cheek, front, brow<*> os durum! brazen cheek! T.: os durissimum, very bold front: quo redibo ore ad eam, with what face? T.: quo ore ostendi posse? etc., L.: in testimonio nihil praeter vocem et os praestare.—Boldness, effrontery, impudence: quod tandem os est eius patroni, qui, etc.: nostis os hominis.—A voice, speech, expression: ora sono discordia signant, V.: ruit profundo Pindarus ore, H.: falsi ambages oris, O.— A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice, front: ante os ipsum portūs, L.: ingentem lato dedit ore <*>enestram, V.: os atque aditus portūs: Tiberis, L.: per ora novem, etc., sources, V.: ora navium Rostrata, beaks, H.—Fig., a mouth: ex tot<*>us belli ore ac faucibus.
    * * *
    I
    mouth, speech, expression; face; pronunciation
    II
    bone; (implement, gnawed, dead); kernel (nut); heartwood (tree); stone (fruit)
    III
    bones (pl.); (dead people)

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  • 4 procācitās

        procācitās ātis, f    [procax], pertinacity, obtrusiveness, impudence: a procando nominata: hominis, N.
    * * *
    effrontery, forwardness; wantonness, license

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  • 5 impudentia

    shamelessness; effrontery

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  • 6 inpudentia

    shamelessness; effrontery

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  • 7 os

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

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  • 8 ossu

    1.
    ōs, ōris (no gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8:

    ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo,

    Cato, R. R. 90:

    ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184:

    oris hiatus,

    id. ib. 2, 47, 122:

    os tenerum pueri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126:

    fetidum,

    Cic. Pis. 7, 13:

    trilingue,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 31:

    os loquentis Opprimere,

    Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody's mouth, to be the common talk:

    in ore est omni populo,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13:

    istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121:

    Harmodius in ore est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116:

    in ore omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:

    habere aliquid in ore,

    to have a thing in one's mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2:

    poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola,

    with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.—So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31:

    uno omnes eadem ore fremebant,

    Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.):

    virūm volitare per ora,

    Verg. G 3, 9:

    in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire,

    to get into people's mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3:

    ire per ora Nomen,

    Sil. 3, 135:

    hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat,

    i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.—Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.:

    os alicujus aperire,

    to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27;

    3, 27.—But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo,

    threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.—
    B.
    Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously:

    ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.:

    vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118:

    figura oris,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, [p. 1282] Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

    in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum,

    i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco,

    id. Deiot. 2, 5:

    concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper,

    come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11. —So of lower animals:

    insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis,

    Verg. G. 4, 92:

    ore rubicundo (gallina),

    Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156:

    ales cristati cantibus oris,

    Ov. M. 11, 597:

    coram in os aliquem laudare,

    to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5:

    alicui laedere os,

    to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10:

    praebere os,

    to expose one's self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so,

    os praebere ad contumeliam,

    Liv. 4, 35:

    in ore parentum liberos jugulat,

    before their parents' eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8:

    quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81:

    in ore omnium cotidie versari,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

    ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 15:

    illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13:

    ante ora conjugum omnia pati,

    Liv. 28, 19, 12.—So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33:

    os durum!

    you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36:

    os durissimum,

    very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    impudens,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49:

    quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim?

    with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.—Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence:

    quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34:

    non, si Appii os haberem,

    id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.—On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful:

    nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii,

    Sen. Ep. 11, 3.—
    B.
    The head:

    Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124:

    truncis arborum antefixa ora,

    Tac. A. 1, 61. —
    C.
    Speech ( poet.):

    ora sono discordia signant,

    Verg. A. 2, 423.—
    D.
    A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice:

    os lenonis aedium,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41:

    porta velut in ore urbis,

    Liv. 25, 11 fin.:

    ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram,

    Verg. A. 2, 482:

    Ponti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    os atque aditus portus,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 12, §

    30: specūs,

    entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59:

    vascula oris angusti,

    Quint. 1, 2, 28:

    ulceris,

    Verg. G. 3, 454:

    Tiberis,

    Liv. 1, 33:

    venarum,

    Cels. 2, 7.— Also of the sources of a stream:

    fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc.,

    Verg. A. 1, 245.—
    E.
    The beak of a ship:

    ora navium Rostrata,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 17.—
    F.
    Os leonis, lion's-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.—
    G.
    The edge of a sword:

    interfecit in ore gladii,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.
    2.
    ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.—In plur.:

    OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr.,

    Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. steph. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. osteon; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid dicam de ossibus?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139:

    cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo),

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6:

    condere,

    to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172:

    cui versat in ossibus Durus amor,

    id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.—
    B.
    Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits:

    arborum ossa,

    i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

    olearum ac palmularum,

    i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.—
    II.
    Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse:

    utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ossu

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  • effrontery — ► NOUN ▪ insolence or impertinence. ORIGIN French effronterie, from Latin effrons shameless, barefaced , from frons forehead …   English terms dictionary

  • effrontery — [e frunt′ər ē, ifrunt′ər ē] n. [Fr effronterie < effronté, shameless, bold < L effrons, barefaced, shameless < ex , from + frons, forehead: see FRONT1] 1. unashamed boldness; impudence; audacity; presumption 2. pl. effronteries an act or …   English World dictionary

  • effrontery — n. the effrontery to + inf. (he had the effrontery to demand more money) * * * [ɪ frʌnt(ə)rɪ] the effrontery to + inf. (he had the effrontery to demand more money) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • effrontery — noun /ɪˈfrʌntəri,ɛˈfrʌntəri/ a) insolent and shameless audacity We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country. b) an act of insolent and shameless audacity Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an… …   Wiktionary

  • effrontery — ef|fron|te|ry [ıˈfrʌntəri] n [U] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: effronterie, from Late Latin effrons shameless ] rude behaviour that shocks you because it is so confident have the effrontery to do sth ▪ She had the effrontery to ask… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • effrontery — [18] The notion of ‘audacity’ or ‘impudence’ is often expressed in terms of ‘exposing or pushing forward the face’: a ‘barefaced lie’ or ‘putting on a bold front’, for instance. And effrontery is no exception. It comes ultimately from late Latin… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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