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insolence (iou)



insolence noun. LME.
[Latin insolentia, formed as INSOLENT: see -ENCE.]
Orig., arrogant or overbearing conduct or disposition. Later, impertinently insulting behaviour. Also (now rare), an instance of this, an insolent act. LME.
Milton The Sons of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. E. M. Forster 'May me and Lucy get down from our chairs?' he asked, with scarcely veiled insolence.
The condition of being unused to a thing. Also, unusualness. LME-M17.