Sans-gêne.
1. Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; SYN. audaciousness, hutzpa, chutzpah.
2. Fearless daring; SYN. audaciousness, temerity.
ETYM French effronterie, from effronté shameless, from Latin effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i.e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. Related to Front.
1. Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum.
2. Insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
1. A skin sore caused by chafing.
2. Abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury.
Abnormal outgrowth on a plant that develops as a result of attack by insects or, less commonly, by bacteria, fungi, mites, or nematodes. The attack causes an increase in the number of cells or an enlargement of existing cells in the plant. Gall-forming insects generally pass the early stages of their life inside the gall.
Gall wasps are responsible for the conspicuous bud galls forming on oak trees, 2.5–4 cm/1–1.5 in across, known as “oak apples”.