insolence

English

Etymology

From Middle French insolence, from Latin insolentia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsələns/

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.

2. Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
   • Fuller

     Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers.

3. (obsolete) The quality of being unusual or novel.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Translations

Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude

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

• Russian: надменность (ru) f (nadmennostʹ), наглость (ru) f (naglostʹ), нахальство (ru) n (naxalʹstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: drskost 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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Eikon Basilike to this entry?)

Anagrams

• selenonic

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French

Noun

insolence f (plural insolences)

1. insolence