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impertinence

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im⋅per⋅ti⋅nence

  [im-pur-tn-uhns]
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–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
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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.

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