insolent
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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsolēns (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solēns, present participle of solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).
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insolent (comparative more insolent, superlative most insolent)
- Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
- Rude.
- Synonyms: disrespectful, impertinent, insubordinate, offensive
- insolent behaviour
- insolent child
- insolent remark
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus, […]!”
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- See also Thesaurus:cheeky
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
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insolent (plural insolents)
- A person who is insolent.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent.
- 2010, Louisa Shea, The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon, page 7:
- Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]
Further reading edit
- “insolent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “insolent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “insolent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnsolentem. First attested in 1653.[1]
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insolent m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolents)
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References edit
- ^ “insolent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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- “insolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “insolent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “insolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsolentem.
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insolent (feminine insolente, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentes)
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- → Romanian: insolent
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- “insolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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insolent m (feminine singular insolenta, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentas)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French insolent, from Latin insolens.
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insolent m or n (feminine singular insolentă, masculine plural insolenți, feminine and neuter plural insolente)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | insolent | insolentă | insolenți | insolente | ||
definite | insolentul | insolenta | insolenții | insolentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | insolent | insolente | insolenți | insolente | ||
definite | insolentului | insolentei | insolenților | insolentelor |