English → Latin
“effrontery” in Latin
dūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousferreusiron, made of iron; like or pertaining to iron; hard, cruelimpudēnsshameless, without shame, arrogant, impudent; not ashamed of immoral behavior
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
effrontery
os impudens, durum or ferreum: impudentia. A person of great effrontery, homo perfrictae frontis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for effrontery?
- The usual Latin words for “effrontery” are dūrus, ferreus, impudēns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.