The Only Use of
effrontery
in
Gone with the Wind
- And yet, when I had the effrontery to make you this same proposition, you turned me out of the house.†
Chpt 4.34effrontery = rude and disrespectful behavior
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