Apropos nothing, the word chutzpah - meaning audacity, self-confidence, courage, temerity, nerve, cheek, effrontery, impudence, presumptuousness, gall - derives from the Hebrew word ḥutspâ (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". The first known use was apparently in 1883. (That's quite a few synonyms there, huh!)
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