INSOLENT


Meaning of INSOLENT in English

adj. offensively contemptuous or arrogant; insulting. insolence n. insolently adv.

[ ME, = 'arrogant', f. L insolens (as IN-(1), solens pres. part. of solere be accustomed) ]

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