From The Oxford English Dictionary:
procacious, adj.
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Insolent or arrogant in attitude or tone; forward, cheeky; provocative
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1660 R. Baxter Treat. Self-denyall xliv. 237 The temptations of women, and procacious youth.
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1796 tr. Voltaire La Pucelle I. iii. 73 Whose Acts exterminate the Race procacious, Of a fam’d Madman we name Saint Ignatius.
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Another great word for my purple-prose character. Thanks!