procacity

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"The procacity of the juvenile is progressing," remarked Frank.

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  1. Impudence; petulance. In vaine are all your knaveries, Delights, deceipts, procacities. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 541.

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  • "The procacity of the juvenile is progressing," remarked Frank. —  Louis' School Days A Story for Boys
  • "O my lord," replied he, "I seek only to introduce thee to these fellows of infinite mirth, the sons of men of worth, amongst whom there is neither procacity nor dicacity nor loquacity; for never, since I grew to years of discretion, could I endure to consort with one who asketh questions concerning what concerneth him not, nor have —  Arabian nights. English
 

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  1. = Old French procacite = Spanish procacidad = Portuguese procacidade = Italian procacità, from Latin procacita(t-)s, forwardness, impudence, from procax (-ac-), forward, bold: see procacious.
 

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