outrecuidance

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

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