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Rudeness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rudeness (also called impudence or effrontery ) is the disrespect and failure to behave within the context of a society or a group of people's social laws or etiquette. These laws have already un...
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Definition of effrontery from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "Effrontery" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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We found 23 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word effrontery:; Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "effrontery" is defined.; General (23 matching dictionaries);
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Brash, jazzy and passionately idiosyncratic, Pauline Kael set the standard for American movie criticism. By Ken Tucker. ... ; Brilliant postcards; Send an electronic postcard with interesting facts about our Brilliant Careers subjects ... BROWSE THE ; BRILLIANT CAREERS ARCHIVES...
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Brash, jazzy and passionately idiosyncratic, Pauline Kael set the standard for American movie criticism. By Ken Tucker. ... ; Brilliant postcards; Send an electronic postcard with interesting facts about our Brilliant Careers subjects ... "Not many reviewers have a real gift for effrontery," she once told an interviewer.
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effrontery 1715, from Fr. effronterie, from effronte "shameless," from O.Fr. esfronte, probably from L.L. effrontem (nom. effrons) "barefaced," from L. ex- "out" + frontem (nom. frons) "brow" (see front). L. frontus had a sense of "ability to blush," but the lit.
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