outrecuidance
Example Sentences
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Lord Alfred Douglas' boldness gave Oscar outrecuidance, an insolent arrogance: artist-like he tried to outdo his model in aristocratic disdain.
From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 1 by Harris, Frank
Poor laddie, what would be outrecuidance in another is but duteousness in him.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
It is a strange outrecuidance, your humour too much redoundeth.
From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben
But the Soldan, in his outrecuidance, demands single combat.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
My Lord Mayenne, it was no outrecuidance brought me here this morning.
From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha
