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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1587-1610
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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
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"Effronted adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/effronted>
