insolency

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   dated: the quality of being arrogantly rude, disrespectful, or insubordinate; insolence

   The envoy's insolency offended even the officials who had supported him.

2. 2
   noun

   dated: an insolent act, remark, or offense

   The chronicler recorded each insolency committed by the occupying troops.

From Latin insolentia ("unusualness, excess, arrogance"), from insolens, literally "unaccustomed" and later "immoderate, arrogant." Insolency once competed with insolence for the quality and individual-act senses but is now a dated or historical form.

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