outrecuidance

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

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

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

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

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben