/i frun"teuh ree/ , n. , pl. effronteries .
1. shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
2. an act or instance of this.
[ 1705-15; effronterie, equiv. to OF esfront shameless ( es- EX- 1 + front brow; see FRONT) + -erie -ERY ]
Syn. 1. impertinence, impudence, cheek.