impudent
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pyə adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
2.
Obsolete. shameless or brazenly immodest.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | mischievous, impertinent, or disrespectful |
| 2. | an obsolete word for immodest |
| 'impudently | |
| —adv | |
| 'impudentness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
impudent
late 14c., from L. impudens (gen. impudentis), from in- "not" + pudens (gen. pudentis), prp. of pudere "to cause shame."
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Example sentences
The scent of incense wafts down the corridors, our footsteps loud and impudent in the silence.
Such questions are deemed evidence of impatience, and even of impudent curiosity.
During the examination his conduct was arrogant and impudent almost beyond forbearance.
They had no need to pretend, apparently, that my affirming peroration had undone the damage of my impudent reference to the war.
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