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impudent

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im⋅pu⋅dent

  [im-pyuh-duhnt]
–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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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L impudent- (s. of impudēns) shameless, equiv. to im- im- 2 + pud- (base of pudēre to feel shame; cf. pudendum ) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
im⋅pu⋅dent⋅ly, adverb
im⋅pu⋅dent⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. insulting, rude; saucy, pert; presumptuous, fresh, brazen. See impertinent.

Antonyms:
1. courteous.
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im·pu·dent   (ĭm'pyə-dənt)   
adj.  

  1. Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent. See Synonyms at shameless.

  2. Obsolete Immodest.


[Middle English, from Latin impudēns, impudent- : in-, not; see in-1 + pudēns, present participle of pudēre, to be ashamed.]
im'pu·dent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

impudent 
c.1386, from L. impudens (gen. impudentis), from in- "not" + pudens (gen. pudentis), prp. of pudere "to cause shame."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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