cheekinessn.
/ˈtʃiːkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtʃikinᵻs/ The quality or condition of being cheeky; impudence; audacity.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]
hardiessec1300
boldness1377
malapertness?a1439
over-boldnessc1450
insolencya1513
protervitya1527
impudency1529
sauce malapert1529
petulancy1537
procacitya1538
audacity1545
sauceliness1552
forehead1564
hardihead1579
hardihood1594
outfacing1598
audaciousness1599
impudentness1599
petulancea1600
impertinency1609
impertinence1612
impudencea1616
procacya1620
affrontedness1640
brow1642
front1653
insolence1668
affrontery1679
assurance1699
effrontery1715
affrontiveness1721
swagger1725
imperence1765
cheek1823
sassiness1834
cheekiness1838
pawk1855
gall1882
chutzpah1886
face1890
mouth1891
crust1900
rind1901
smarting1902
hide1916
brass neck1937
1838 T. P. Prest Sam Weller's Budget Recitations 17/2 That is not likely to take place, through your cheekiness!
1878 G. McWatters Detectives Europe & Amer. (1880) 64 What he had hoped to effect by colossal cheekiness of action and tongue.
1914 M. P. Chalmers Sylvia's Exper. ii. 32 The very cheekiness of the proposition struck his sense of humor.
1970 N. Milford Zelda i. 12 She did not quite risk becoming a troublemaker but she was quickly establishing a reputation for cheekiness.
2002 Guardian 14 Sept. 76/5 This is not a recommendation that she should renounce her humour, or lightness of touch, or cheekiness of tone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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