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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: insolens 'unusual, proud', from solere 'to be used to something'

insolent

 adjective
     
in‧so‧lent
rude and not showing any respect:
an insolent tone of voice
You insolent child!
—insolently adverb
—insolence noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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