a 1 f 4 f 4 r 1 o 1 n 1 t 1
7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
originFrom Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). By surface analysis, af- + front.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0