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éhonté

shameless, brazen

adjective eh-ohn-TEH Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Origin: from é- (out of) + honte (shame)

Usage Note

Éhonté is a strong adjective condemning total absence of shame, used in formal and literary registers to describe blatant lies ('un mensonge éhonté') or flagrant hypocrisy. The feminine form is éhontée. It is largely a written-language word; in speech 'sans honte' or 'effronté' are more common.

Examples

"C'était un mensonge éhonté."

Natural Translation

It was a shameless lie.

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