affrontery

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noun

An affront

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Meanings

nounaffrontery (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of effrontery.

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

    1909, John R. Musick,, Sustained honor
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    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.

    1868, Stephen Meany, Speeches from the Dock, Part I
  2. uncountableAn affront

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

    1996 January 12, Tom Frank, “Capital Lies”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From affront + -ery.

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APA

affrontery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affrontery

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“affrontery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affrontery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affrontery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affrontery.

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