affrontive

[ uh-fruhn-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

First recorded in 1650–60; affront + -ive

Pretending to honor God by direct disobedience is peculiarly affrontive.

Their behaviour to him, when they could not help seeing him, was very cold and disobliging; but as yet not directly affrontive.

As to the Scotch, their barbarisms that are to be found even in print, are affrontive to the descendants of Englishmen.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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