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procacious

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /pɹəˈkeɪʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • prəkāshəs
  • rhymes with -eɪʃəs

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adj

Meaning 1

Bold, forward, insolent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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 [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin procāx (“bold, impudent”), from procō (“ask, demand”), from procus (“suitor”).