insolence
part of speech
noun (no plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) Insolence is rude, cheeky behaviour towards someone in charge or older than you. tree →
2) Insolence is a proud and disrespectful manner. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means proud, arrogant speech, especially speech that defies God. Interpretation: The Psalm warns that boasting with a "haughty neck" is wrong because it is God who raises up one person and brings down another. In the primary lessons: in tales a rude answer to a king earns punishment; in lessons a disrespectful tone to a teacher
examples
- Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck. (Writings PSA.75.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The king would not tolerate such insolence. tree →
- Stop that insolence and say sorry. tree →
- I will not forgive your insolence. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «insolence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.