affrontery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

"With an affrontery that did not falter, and knew not how to blush, he detailed his own participation in the acts for which he was prosecuting me as a participator."
"This Englishman should neither out-do him in generosity nor affrontery."
"Skyboxes are a grotesque affrontery to authentic fandom[…]."

From affront + -ery.

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