# insolent
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *swé
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsolēns (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solēns, present participle of solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɪn.sə.lənt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

insolent (comparative more insolent, superlative most insolent)
* Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
    Synonym: impudent
    Near-synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky
* Rude.
    Synonyms: disrespectful, impertinent
    Near-synonyms: insubordinate, offensive
    insolent behaviour
    insolent child
    insolent remark
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus, […]!”

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:cheeky
* See also Thesaurus:arrogant

#### Derived terms

* insolently

#### Related terms

* insolence
* insolency

#### Translations
### Noun

insolent (plural insolents)
* A person who is insolent.
** 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent.
** 2010, Louisa Shea, The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon, page 7:Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]

### Further reading

* “insolent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “insolent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “insolent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Neilston

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsolentem. First attested in 1653.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [in.suˈlen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [in.soˈlent]

### Adjective

insolent m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolents)
* insolent

#### Derived terms

* insolentment

#### Related terms

* insolència

### References

* ↑ “insolent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “insolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “insolent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “insolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin īnsolentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.sɔ.lɑ̃/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: insolents

### Adjective

insolent (feminine insolente, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentes)
* insolent

#### Derived terms

* insolemment

#### Related terms

* insolence

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: insolent

### Further reading

* “insolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin insolens.

### Adjective

insolent m (feminine singular insolenta, masculine plural insolents, feminine plural insolentas)
* insolent

#### Derived terms

* insolentament

#### Related terms

* insoléncia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French insolent, from Latin insolens.

### Adjective

insolent m or n (feminine singular insolentă, masculine plural insolenți, feminine and neuter plural insolente)
* insolent