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impertinence - 3 dictionary results

im⋅per⋅ti⋅nence

[im-pur-tn-uhns]
–noun
1. unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.
2. impertinent quality or action.
3. something impertinent, as an act or statement.
4. an impertinent person.
5. irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity.

Origin:
1595–1605; impertin(ency) + -ence
im·per·ti·nence   (ĭm-pûr'tn-əns)   
n.  
  1. The quality or condition of being impertinent, especially:
    1. Insolence.
    2. Irrelevance.
  2. An impertinent act or statement.

Impertinence

Im*per"ti*nence\, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.]

1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.

We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. --Swift.

3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.

There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. --Watts.
Language Translation for : impertinence
Spanish: presunción,
German: die Anmaßung,
Japanese: ずうずうしさ
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