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To: Neocon who wrote (57877)	10/8/1999 8:54:00 AM
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Hypertext Webster Gateway: "effrontery" From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Effrontery \Effront"ery\, n.; pl. {Effronteries}. [F. effronterie, fr. effront['e] shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See {Front}.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft. Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See {Impudence}. From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn) effrontery n : impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: {boldness}, {nerve}, {brass}, {face}, {cheek}] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------