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affrontee1 /əˌfrʌnˈtiː/nounA person who is or has been affronted; an insulted or offended person. Origin Early 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From affront + -ee, after affronter. affrontee2 /əˈfrʌnti/ /əˈfrʌnteɪ/(also affronté, affrontée, affronty) Chiefly used postpositively adjective1Originally Heraldry. Of two figures in a design: facing each other. Compare affronted, confronté. Now rare. 2 Heraldry. Of a figure: facing the viewer; showing the full face. Origin Early 18th century; earliest use found in Alexander Nisbet (1657–1725), heraldic writer. From French affronté (of two figures) facing one another, face-to-face, use as adjective of the past participle of affronter. |