Impertinence \Im*per"ti*nence\, n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See
Impertinent.]
1. The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of
pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
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2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or
the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
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We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of
pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be
understood. --Swift.
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3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no
value.
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There are many subtile impertinences learned in
schools. --Watts.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
impertinence
n 1: an impudent statement [syn: impudence, cheek]
2: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take
liberties [syn: crust, gall, impudence, insolence,
cheekiness, freshness]
3: inappropriate playfulness [syn: perkiness, pertness, sauciness,
archness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "impertinence":
arrogance, audacity, bold front, boldness, brash bearing,
brashness, brass, brassiness, bravado, brazenfacedness, brazenness,
bumptiousness, butting-in, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, cockiness,
contempt, contemptuousness, daring, daringness, defial, defiance,
defying, derision, despite, disassociation, disconnection,
discourtesy, discreteness, disdain, disjunction, disjuncture,
disregard, disrespect, disrespectfulness, dissociation, effrontery,
face of brass, flippancy, forwardness, freshness, gall, hardihood,
immateriality, impoliteness, impudence, inapplicability,
inappositeness, incivility, inconnection, inconsequence,
independence, inquisitiveness, insolence, intermeddling,
intrusiveness, irrelation, irrelevance, meddlesomeness, meddling,
nerve, obtrusiveness, officiousness, pertness, presumption,
presumptuousness, ridicule, rudeness, sauciness, separateness,
unconnectedness, unrelatedness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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