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affrontery (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. An affront
   • 1996 January 12, Tom Frank, “Capital Lies”, Chicago Reader:

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