Procacious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹəˈkeɪʃəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Procacious is an adjective meaning Bold, forward, insolent.
Meaning
Bold, forward, insolent.
Example Sentences
Another piece of Vain-glory to be Denied, is in The Reputation of strength and valour. The witless part of men, especially in their procacious humours, do use to be carried away with this […]
Philosophy first became public when it proposed to teach character to this strapping lout with a procacious cock, the superfluous energy of a horse, and the restless attention of a child, […]
1882, John Brown, “Mr. Syme” in Horæ Subsecivæ, New Edition, First Series, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 370, In his little room in the Surgical Hospital—once the High School […] his house-surgeons and clerks and dressers—now all over the world, working out his principles and practice—will well remember how delightful he was, standing with his back to the fire, making wise jokes […] now abating a procacious youth, now heartening a shy homely one […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sassy, audacious, bold, boldacious, bold-faced, forward.
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