procacityn.

Brit.

/prə(ʊ)ˈkasᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌproʊˈkæsədi/

Forms: 1500s– procacitie, 1600s– procacity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French procacité; Latin procācitāt-, procācitās.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French procacité (1497) and its etymon (ii) classical Latin procācitāt-, procācitās forwardness, impudence < procāc- , procāx forward, bold, impudent, frivolous (see procacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix.

Insolence or arrogance in attitude or tone; cheekiness; forwardness; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]

hardiessec1300

boldness1377

malapertness?a1439

over-boldnessc1450

insolencya1513

protervitya1527

impudency1529

sauce malapert1529

petulancy1537

procacitya1538

audacity1545

sauceliness1552

forehead1564

hardihead1579

hardihood1594

outfacing1598

audaciousness1599

impudentness1599

petulancea1600

impertinency1609

impertinence1612

impudencea1616

procacya1620

affrontedness1640

brow1642

front1653

insolence1668

affrontery1679

assurance1699

effrontery1715

affrontiveness1721

swagger1725

imperence1765

cheek1823

sassiness1834

cheekiness1838

pawk1855

gall1882

chutzpah1886

face1890

mouth1891

crust1900

rind1901

smarting1902

hide1916

brass neck1937

a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. D.ij^v And we wil proue therein we haue nought institute, But Gods law and mans for all your procacitie.

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 453 Let Scaliger pay for his malapert procacity against Paulus, concerning ignorance.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. v. i. 429 Jn vaine are all your flatteries,..Delights, deceipts, procacities, Sighes, kisses, and conspiracies.

a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 76 Porphyrius with good colour of reason might have objected procacity to S. Paul in taxing his betters.

1731 ‘A. Scriblerus’ Gorgoneicon 10 Since I have read Whiston's Memoirs, I percieve it was that most daring Procacity, or Sawciness, which there appears, that fetch'd Sim out of his darling Retirement.

1847 A. Bunn Bondman i. i. 12 If he display procacity, Yet he shows incapacity!

1861 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 2nd Ser. II. 360 That mouth..arch and kind, with a beautiful procacity or petulance about it.

1865 J. H. Stirling Secret of Hegel I. 122 Precipitate procacity and pretentious levity.

1978 Hispania 61 1004/2 The collage (encrustación) is done with popular material, newspaper clippings, etc., as well as with the crude pamphleteering and procacities of the underdog.

1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 June i. 43/1 Folks from all over the island went to..receive a daily dose of the mock crotchety proprietor's patented procacity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	procacity
释义	procacityn. Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈkasᵻti/, U.S. /ˌproʊˈkæsədi/ Forms: 1500s– procacitie, 1600s– procacity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French procacité; Latin procācitāt-, procācitās. Etymology: < (i) Middle French procacité (1497) and its etymon (ii) classical Latin procācitāt-, procācitās forwardness, impudence < procāc- , procāx forward, bold, impudent, frivolous (see procacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Insolence or arrogance in attitude or tone; cheekiness; forwardness; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. D.ij^v And we wil proue therein we haue nought institute, But Gods law and mans for all your procacitie. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 453 Let Scaliger pay for his malapert procacity against Paulus, concerning ignorance. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. v. i. 429 Jn vaine are all your flatteries,..Delights, deceipts, procacities, Sighes, kisses, and conspiracies. a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 76 Porphyrius with good colour of reason might have objected procacity to S. Paul in taxing his betters. 1731 ‘A. Scriblerus’ Gorgoneicon 10 Since I have read Whiston's Memoirs, I percieve it was that most daring Procacity, or Sawciness, which there appears, that fetch'd Sim out of his darling Retirement. 1847 A. Bunn Bondman i. i. 12 If he display procacity, Yet he shows incapacity! 1861 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ 2nd Ser. II. 360 That mouth..arch and kind, with a beautiful procacity or petulance about it. 1865 J. H. Stirling Secret of Hegel I. 122 Precipitate procacity and pretentious levity. 1978 Hispania 61 1004/2 The collage (encrustación) is done with popular material, newspaper clippings, etc., as well as with the crude pamphleteering and procacities of the underdog. 1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 June i. 43/1 Folks from all over the island went to..receive a daily dose of the mock crotchety proprietor's patented procacity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1538
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