Insolent Definition

Origin of Insolent

• From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin insolens (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (“priv.”) + solens, present participle of solere (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English from Latin īnsolēns īnsolent- immoderate, arrogant in- not in–¹ solēns present participle of solēre to be accustomed

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition