insolence
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insolence
- /ˈɪn.sə.ləns/
Where it comes from
From Middle French insolence, from Latin īnsolentia.
noun insolences
- Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude. all the insolence of imaginary superiority
- Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. Two heavy iron chains were put about his neck, (in metal and weight different from them he bore before!) and, loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers, (who in such ware seldom give scant measure,) he was brought into the presence of Isaacius.
- The quality of being unusual or novel. Her great excellence / Lifts me above the measure of my might / That being fild with furious insolence / I feele my selfe like one yrapt in spright.
verb insolences · insolencing · insolenced
- To insult. ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government
Translations
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noun arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude
| Español | insolencia, procacidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 横柄 ōhei |
| 中文 | 蠻橫 /蛮横 mánhèng, 粗野 cūyě |
| हिन्दी | ढिठाई ḍhiṭhāī, अविनय avinay |
| Português | insolência |
| Français | insolence |
| Deutsch | Unverfrorenheit, Frechheit, Unverschämtheit, Dreistigkeit, Anmaßung |
| Română | insolență, obrăznicie |
| Русский | на́глость náglostʹ, наха́льство naxálʹstvo, де́рзость dérzostʹ, высокоме́рие vysokomérije, надме́нность nadménnostʹ |
Talk about this word "insolence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/insolence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. insolence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/insolence "insolence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/insolence.Cite this
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title = {insolence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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