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Impertinence

//ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of pertinence; irrelevance. uncountable
  2. 2
    inappropriate playfulness wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent. countable

    ""Enough, sir! " he thundered with barely restrained fury. "Enough, I say! Once and for all I must endeavour to rid myself of you and your impertinence."

  4. 4
    the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties wordnet
  5. 5
    The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness. uncountable
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  1. 6
    an impudent statement wordnet
  2. 7
    Insolence; impudence. countable, uncountable

    ""Because," interrupted the actress, "I see things exactly as they are. I calculate my effects, but they do not deceive myself; you, on the contrary, live in a world of illusions, where every thing is called by such an exceedingly fine name, that it seems a downright impertinence to ascertain what it really is.""

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent (“impertinent”); by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

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