Insolent Definition

ĭnsə-lənt
adjective
Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent.
Webster's New World
Arrogantly contemptuous; overbearing.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

Origin of Insolent

  • From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin insolens (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (“priv.”) + solens, present participle of solere (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin īnsolēns īnsolent- immoderate, arrogant in- not in–1 solēns present participle of solēre to be accustomed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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