EFFRENATION Ef`fre*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.]
Defn: Unbridled license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockeram.
EFFRONT
Ef*front", v. t.
Defn: To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
EFFRONTERY Ef*front"er*y, n.; pl. Effronteries. Etym: [F. effronterie, fr. effronté shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.]
Defn: Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance. Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft.
Syn.
— Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.
EFFRONTIT
Ef*front"it, a. Etym: [F. effronté.]
Defn: Marked by impudence. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
EFFRONTUOUSLY
Ef*fron"tu*ous*ly, adv.