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effrontery
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)
- (uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.
- (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
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cheek
English
Etymology
From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ??ce, ??ace, ??oce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-Germanic *kek?, *k?k?, *kak?, *kauk?, *keuk? (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), from Proto-Indo-European *?yewh?- (“to chew”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ch?k, IPA(key): /t?i?k/
Noun
cheek (countable and uncountable, plural cheeks)
- (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- Synonym: (obsolete) wang
- (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
- Synonyms: arsecheek, asscheek, butt cheek, nether cheek
- (figuratively, informal, uncountable) Impudence.
- Synonyms: impertinence, impudence, (slang) brass neck, (informal) nerve, (informal, especially US) sass, chutzpah
- (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
- One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
- (nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
- (in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- Either side of an axehead.
- (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- buccal
- genal
Verb
cheek (third-person singular simple present cheeks, present participle cheeking, simple past and past participle cheeked)
- To be impudent towards.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Sunday," [1]
- We did not like him much because he kissed us and was preachy when we cheeked pretty Tallie, who did not rule over us as Dede did […]
- Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Sunday," [1]
- To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
Anagrams
- Keech, keech
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