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procacious, a. Now rare.|prəʊˈkeɪʃəs|
[f. L. procāx, stem -cāci- (see next) + -ous.]
Forward, insolent, saucy, pert. Hence proˈcaciously adv.
1660Baxter Self-Denial xliv. 237 The temptations of women, and procacious youth. 1685― Paraphr. N.T. 1 Pet. iii. 3 A vain, proud, procacious, tempting mind. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Fr. Gerund I. 535 Denying procaciously what he wishes to confer. 1869J. Brown Lett. (1907) 197, I stuck in M. Arnold's brilliant and procacious lecture. |