单词 | cheekiness |
释义 | cheekinessn. The quality or condition of being cheeky; impudence; audacity. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1838 |
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