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affrontery

affrontery noun: an affront. Also the obsolete spelling of effrontery.

Noun

affrontery (uncountable)

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

Also used as

affrontery is also the obsolete spelling of effrontery.

Origin of affrontery

From affront + -ery.

Questions about affrontery

What does affrontery mean?
Affrontery means an affront.
What part of speech is affrontery?
Affrontery is a noun.

Words near affrontery in the dictionary

  1. affrontedness
  2. affrontee
  3. affrontees
  4. affronter
  5. affronters
  6. affrontery
  7. affrontes
  8. affrontest
  9. affronteth
  10. affronting
  11. affrontingly

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