affrontery en · NOUN
Etymology
From affront + -ery.
Meanings
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(alt-of, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete spelling of effrontery.
alt of effrontery
This Englishman should neither out-do him in generosity nor affrontery.
1909, John R. Musick,, Sustained honor: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.
1868, Stephen Meany, Speeches from the Dock, Part I:
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(uncountable) An affront
Skyboxes are a grotesque affrontery to authentic fandom[…].
1996 January 12, Tom Frank, “Capital Lies”, in Chicago Reader: