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in·so·len·cy
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Wiktionary
insolencynoun
Quality of being insolent.
insolencynoun
An act of insolence.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Insolence, Insolencynoun
Pride exerted in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; petulant contempt.
Etymology: insolence, Fr. insolentia, Latin.
They could not restrain the insolency of O'Neal, who, finding none now to withstand him, made himself lord of those few people that remained. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Such a nature,
Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
Which he treads on at noon; but I do wonder
His insolence can brook to be commanded
Under Cominius. William Shakespeare.Flown with insolence and wine. John Milton.
Publick judgments are the banks and shores upon which God breaks the insolency of sinners, and stays their proud waves. John Tillotson.
The steady tyrant man,
Who with the thoughtless insolence of power,
For sport alone, pursues the cruel chace. James Thomson.The fear of any violence, either against her own person or against her son, might deter Penelope from using any endeavours to remove men of such insolence and power. William Broome.
Webster Dictionary
Insolencynoun
insolence
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of insolency in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of insolency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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