insolent

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 solere (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).

adj

1. Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
2. Rude.
   insolent behaviour
   insolent child
   insolent remark

noun

1. A person who is insolent.
   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 […] 2010, Louisa Shea, The Cynic Enlightenment: Diogenes in the Salon, page 7