outrecuidance

Example Sentences

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My Lord Mayenne, it was no outrecuidance brought me here this morning.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

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

The outrecuidance of the rogues in the Netherlands would be surpassing, did we feed it in that sort.’

From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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