effrontee

Updated: July 24, 2026

J'en ai le coeur tout emu!" When she was gone, my professor demanded of me why I suffered "cette fille effrontee, cette creature sans pudeur," to address me in such terms. I had no pacifying answer to give. The terms were precisely such as Rosine a young lady in whose skull the organs of reverence and reserve were not largely developed was in the constant habit of using.

Charlotte Brontë - Villette