Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Insolent

Insolent , adjective

[French insolent, Latin insolens, -entis, pref. in- not + solens accustomed, present participle of solere to be accustomed.]

1.
Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual. [Obsolete]
If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears... they forthwith make a jest at it. — Pettie
If any should accuse me of being new or insolent. — Milton
2.
Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
A paltry, insolent fellow. — Shakespeare
Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his speaking, and of his bearing. — Chaucer
Can you not see? or will ye not observe... How insolent of late he is become, How proud, how peremptory? — Shakespeare
3.
Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
Their insolent triumph excited... indignation. — Macaulay