effront

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verb

To give self-confidence to.

OriginMiddle French effronter ← Old French esfronter ← Late Latin effrontō →
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Meanings

verbeffront (third-person singular simple present effronts, present participle effronting, simple past and past participle effronted)

present singular third person effronts · participle present effronting · participle past effronted · past effronted

  1. obsoleteTo give self-confidence to.

    I am naturally bashful; nor hath conversation, age, or travel, been able to effront, or enhardem me.

    1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

Origin

  1. Late Latineffrontō
  2. Old Frenchesfronter
  3. Middle Frencheffronter
  4. Englisheffront

From Middle French effronter, from Old French esfronter, from Late Latin effrontō, from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effront,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effront.

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