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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Effronted, -it, a. [e.m.E. (1598), F. effronté.] Shameless. —1587-99 Hume Ep. 345.
A vile effronted huir 1610 Misc. Hist. Soc. II. 170.
He … being very effrontit spak … what first cam in his heade
