insolent
意味
- 横柄な,ごう慢,無礼な;(…に対して)横柄な《+to+名》
例文
I can't do with him and his insolent ways.
私は彼とその無礼な態度には我慢できない。
Let's have a gander at this insolent man.
その不届きな野郎の顔を、拝ませてもらうか。
These bank employees seem so politely insolent lately. I wonder what's behind it.
最近の銀行員の態度はなんと慇懃無礼なことか。何様だと思ってるんだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
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 solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).