outrecuidance

Example Sentences

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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

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

It is a strange outrecuidance, your humour too much redoundeth.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

He does not return home, but swears by the sceptre that Agamemnon shall rue his outrecuidance when Hector slays the host.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew