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"tags": [
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}
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"ref": "1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 2",
"text": "The coarseness and truth of her attack alike overwhelmed him. But her supreme insolence found him words, and he too burst forth. \"Yes! and I forbid you to do it! You despise me, perhaps, and think I'm feeble. But you're mistaken. You are ungrateful, impertinent, and contemptible, but I will save you in order to save Irma and our name."
},
{
"ref": "c. 1908–52, W.D. Ross, transl., The Works of Aristotle, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Rhetoric, II.1389b11, by Aristotle, →OCLC, page 636",
"text": "They are fond of fun and therefore witty, wit being well-bred insolence."
}
],
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"Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude."
],
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"Contemptible",
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[
"ill-mannered",
"ill-mannered"
],
[
"insult",
"insult"
],
[
"arrogant",
"arrogant"
],
[
"bold",
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "naxábnascʹ",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наха́бнасць"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "naxábstva",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "наха́бства"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zuxválʹstva",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зухва́льства"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nahálstvo",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "наха́лство"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezóčie",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "безо́чие"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎ́rzost",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дъ́рзост"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "náglost",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "на́глост"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insolència"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "蠻橫"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mánhèng",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "蛮横"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cūyě",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "粗野"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drzost"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "frækhed"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "uforskammethed"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skamløshed"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onbeschoftheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onbeschaamdheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brutaliteit"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "frekleiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "röyhkeys"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "julkeus"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insolence"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Unverfrorenheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Frechheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Unverschämtheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dreistigkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anmaßung"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ósvífni"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "insolentia"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "borrachas"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"alt": "おうへい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōhei",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "横柄"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "drskost",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дрскост"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neuarrym"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "frekkhet"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pişanî",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "پیشانی"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arogancja"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezczelność"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bezwstydność"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hucpiarstwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impertynenckość"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zuchwalstwo"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zuchwałość"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insolência"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insolență"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obrăznicie"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "náglostʹ",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "на́глость"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naxálʹstvo",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "наха́льство"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dérzostʹ",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́рзость"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ru",
"english": "arrogance",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vysokomérije",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "высокоме́рие"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "ru",
"english": "arrogance",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadménnostʹ",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "надме́нность"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "др̏ско̄ст"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dȑskōst"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drzosť"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predrznost"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nesramnost"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nadutost"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insolencia"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fräckhet"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "oförskämdhet"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "himusong"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"word": "kahimusungan"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naxábstvo",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "наха́бство"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naxábnistʹ",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наха́бність"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zuxválʹstvo",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "зухва́льство"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 27 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zuxválistʹ",
"sense": "arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зухва́лість"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1652, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, and the Profane State, page 442",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Insolent conduct or treatment; insult."
],
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"tags": [
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"The quality of being unusual or novel."
],
"id": "en-insolence-en-noun-XodTYc2l",
"links": [
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"unusual",
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[
"novel",
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"(obsolete) The quality of being unusual or novel."
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{
"form": "insolencing",
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"pos": "verb",
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"ref": "1851, Church Wardens of Burlington, “The Church Wardens &c. of Burlington to the Honourable Society. Burlington, 28th, 1715”, in Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society, volume 1, →OCLC, page 76",
"text": "...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",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1648, attributed to Charles I of England, Εἰκὼν Βασιλική [Eikōn Basilikē = Royal Portrait]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in His Solitvdes and Svfferings",
"text": "bishops, who were first foully insolenced and assaulted.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To insult."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To insult."
],
"tags": [
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"etymology_text": "From Latin īnsolentia.",
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃s/"
},
{
"audio": "Fr-insolence-fr FR-Paris.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/Fr-insolence-fr_FR-Paris.ogg/Fr-insolence-fr_FR-Paris.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Fr-insolence-fr_FR-Paris.ogg",
"tags": [
"Paris"
],
"text": "Audio (Paris)"
}
],
"word": "insolence"
}
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