insolence

English

Etymology

Latin insolentia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈInsələns/

Noun

insolence (countable and uncountable; plural insolences)

1. Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude.
   • 5th century BCE, Aristotle, The Art of Rhetoric, II.1389b11,

     Wit is well-bred insolence.

Translations

Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude

• Dutch: onbeschoftheid (nl)
• Finnish: röyhkeys, julkeus
• Japanese: 横柄 (ja) (ōhei)
• Portuguese: insolência f
• Romanian: insolență (ro), obrăznicie (ro)

• Russian: надменность f, наглость f, нахальство n
• Serbo-Croatian: drskost (sh) f
• Slovene: predrznost, nesramnost, nadutost
• Swedish: fräckhet (sv) c, oförskämdhet (sv) c

Derived terms

• insolency

Verb

insolence (third-person singular simple present insolences, present participle insolencing, simple past and past participle insolenced)

1. (obsolete) To insult.

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Anagrams

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