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HOME | Definition of impertinence (IMPERTINENCE, Impertinence)


    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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