עזות

עַזּוּתf. (v. עַז) 1) with פנים or מצח, insolence, effrontery. Kidd.70b כל כהן שיש לו ע׳ פ׳וכ׳ (not בו) any priest that is insolent is surely one of them (the slaves of Pashḥur). Ib. אם ראית כהן בע׳ מ׳וכ׳ if thou seest an insolent priest, do not criticise him, for it is said (Hos. 4:4) Sabb.30b; Ber.16b שתצילנו מעזי פנים ומע׳ פ׳ save us from contact with insolent men and from being insolent; (Rashi: from giving reason for the imputation of spurious descent, a sign of which is insolence). Taan.7b כל אדם שיש לו ע׳ פ׳ (Ms. M. עזות only), v. supra. Kidd.49b עשרה קבים ע׳וכ׳ ten measures of insolence have come down into the world, nine of them Meshan took ; a. e. 2) harshness. Dent. R. s. 2 ענה אותו ע׳ gave him a harsh answer.