Sekirov Dictionary

insolence

/ˈɪn.sə.ləns/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
- They are fond of fun and therefore witty, wit being well-bred insolence. — 1908
Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
•
(no longer used) 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. — 1595

verb1

•
(no longer used) 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 — 1851

forms

insolenced · insolencing · insolences

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