Definition of Insolences

1. Noun. (plural of insolence) ¹

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Definition of Insolences

1. insolence [n] - See also: insolence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insolences

insociabilities
insociability
insociably
insociate
insofar
insofar as
insolate
insolated
insolates
insolating
insolation
insolations
insole
insolence
insolences (current term)
insolencies
insolency
insolently
insolents
insoles
insolidity
insolubilities
insolubility
insolubilize
insolubilized
insolubilizes
insolubilizing
insoluble

Literary usage of Insolences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions by Robert South (1823)
"verse of the first chapter, persons that should act all the insolences upon them, that victory in conjunction with ill-nature could prompt them to: men ..."

2. Notes on Orkney and Zetland: Illustrative of the History, Antiquities by Alexander Peterkin (1822)
"... commit mony great enormities and insolences upon his Majesty's poor people, inhabitants within the said bounds ; whereupon mony complaints has been made ..."

3. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1880)
"If these go shopping without a gentleman or a man servant, they are tolerably sure to be subjected to petty insolencesinsolences of manner and tone, ..."

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