What does "insolence" mean?
Insolence: The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal imprudence. Flown with insolence and wine. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.Insolent conduct or treatment; insult. Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers. Fuller.
- 3.To insult. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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