affrontery

English

Etymology

From affront +‎ -ery.

Noun

affrontery (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of effrontery.
   • 1868, Stephen Meany, Speeches from the Dock, Part I‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 1909, John R. Musick,, Sustained honor‎^[2]:

     This Englishman should neither out-do him in generosity nor affrontery.

2. An affront
   • 1996 January 12, Tom Frank, “Capital Lies”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     Skyboxes are a grotesque affrontery to authentic fandom […] .