insolent
Use Insolent in a sentence
sə adjective
1.
boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
noun
2.
an insolent person.
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Insolent
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. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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insolent (ˈɪnsələnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| offensive, impudent, or disrespectful | |
| [C14: from Latin insolens, from | |
| 'insolence | |
| —n | |
| 'insolently | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
insolent
late 14c., "proud, disdainful, haughty, arrogant," from L. insolentem (nom. insolens) "arrogant, immoderate," lit. "unusual," from in- "not" + solentem, prp. of solere "be accustomed," which possibly is related to sodalis "close companion," and to suescere "become used to." Meaning "contemptuous of rightful
authority" is from 1670s.
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Example sentences
In spite of his respectable upbringing, in spite of a certain undeniable shyness, he never omitted to be insolent.
The only exceptionalism they exhibit is the exceptionally incoherent, incompetent and insolent.
And sometimes, especially if the other side is dishonest, a more insolent tack is called for.
Finally, after one particularly insolent answer, the defendants' attorneys adjourned the deposition.
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