chutzpah

chutzpah
chutzpah or chutzpa [hoots′pə, khoots′pə; hoots′pä, khoots′pä]
n.
Yiddish < Heb
Informal shameless audacity; impudence; brass

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chutz·pah also hutz·pah (KHo͝otʹspə, ho͝otʹ-) n.
Utter nerve; effrontery: “has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality” (New York Times).
  [Yiddish khutspe, from Mishnaic Hebrew ḥuṣpâ, from ḥāṣap, to be insolent. See ḥṣp in Semitic Roots.]

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