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insolence

[in-suh-luhns] Origin

in·so·lence

[in-suh-luhns]
noun
1.
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
2.
the quality or condition of being insolent.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin insolentia. See insolent, -ence

o·ver·in·so·lence, noun
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Insolence is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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insolent (ˈɪnsələnt)
 
adj
offensive, impudent, or disrespectful
 
[C14: from Latin insolens, from in-1 + solēre to be accustomed]
 
'insolence
 
n
 
'insolently
 
adv

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insolence
late 14c., from L. insolentia, from insolentem (see insolent).
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