All 3 Uses of
effrontery
in
The Age of Innocence
- Unkind people said that, like her Imperial namesake, she had won her way to success by strength of will and hardness of heart, and a kind of haughty effrontery that was somehow justified by the extreme decency and dignity of her private life.†
Chpt 2effrontery = rude and disrespectful behavior
- "Ah—I hope the house will be gayer, now that Ellen's here!" cried Mrs. Mingott with a glorious effrontery.†
Chpt 4 *
- But the alarm had been great; and proportionately great was the indignation when it was gathered from Mrs. Mingott's fragmentary phrases that Regina Beaufort had come to ask her—incredible effrontery!†
Chpt 27
Definition:
rude and disrespectful behavior -- often made by someone who does not realize they are being rude -- as when someone is presumptuous or impolitely bold