#394 effrontery

effrontery- shameless or insolent boldness; impudent presumption; audacity; temerity

C18 from French effronterie, from Old French esfront barefaced, shameless, from Late Latin effrons, literally putting forth one's forehead

His presence is an effrontery to those who came resolved to bring change.

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