different between effrontery vs assumption

English

Etymology

From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfront?tus. Compare Latin effr?ns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + fr?ns (“forehead”) (English: front).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f??nt??i/, /??f??nt??i/

Noun

effrontery (countable and uncountable, plural effronteries)

1. (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

2. (countable) An act of insolent and shameless audacity.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:effrontery.

Related terms

• affront

Translations

References

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• “Effrontery, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989

English

Etymology

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assumptio (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assumptio (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”). Doublet of assumptio; see assume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?mp.??n/

Noun

assumption (countable and uncountable, plural assumptions)

1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

   His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

   Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. (logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
7. (rhetoric) Assumptio.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:supposition

Derived terms

• Assumption Parish

Related terms

• assume
• assumptive

Translations

Further reading

• assumption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• assumption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.