impudence
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impudence
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impudence or impudency (ˈɪmpjʊdəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the quality of being impudent |
| 2. | an impudent act or statement |
| [C14: from Latin impudēns shameless, from | |
| impudency or impudency | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Latin impudēns shameless, from | |
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Word Origin & History
impudence
late 14c., from L. impudentia "shamelessness," noun of quality from impudens (see impudent).
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Example sentences
The law empowers the minister of interior to detain a defendant for crimes related to national security, honor, or impudence.
One waits in vain for him to show the slightest impudence in this film.
It had the impudence to demand the printing at legal, rates without a circulation.
Such impudence is unforgivable editorially and personally.
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