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Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.

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  1. a. Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
  2. a. Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
  3. a. Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.
  4. adj. marked by casual disrespect
  5. adj. unrestrained by convention or propriety
  6. j:100 s marked by casual disrespect s unrestrained by convention or propriety