insolent

PIE word
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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”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.sə.lənt/

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insolent (comparative more insolent, superlative most insolent)

1. Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.

   Synonym: impudent

   Near-synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky

2. Rude.

   Synonyms: disrespectful, impertinent

   Near-synonyms: 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, […]!”

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky
• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

• insolently

insolent (plural insolents)

1. A person who is insolent.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (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 […]

• “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.

• Neilston

Borrowed from Latin īnsolentem. First attested in 1653.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.suˈlen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [in.soˈlent]

insolent m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolents)

1. insolent

• insolentment

• insolència

• “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.

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsolentem.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃/

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• Homophone: insolents

insolent (feminine insolente, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentes)

1. insolent

• insolemment

• insolence

• → Romanian: insolent

• “insolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin insolens.

insolent m (feminine singular insolenta, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentas)

1. insolent

• insolentament

• insoléncia

Borrowed from French insolent, from Latin insolens.

insolent m or n (feminine singular insolentă, masculine plural insolenți, feminine and neuter plural insolente)

1. insolent