affrontery

English edit

affrontery (uncountable)

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.
An affront
- 1996 January 12, Tom Frank, “Capital Lies”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:
  Skyboxes are a grotesque affrontery to authentic fandom […] .