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Impertinent

//ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
"“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”"
2
Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless. archaic
"Curious speculations, and the contemplation of things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern us, nor serve to promote our happiness, are but a more specious and ingenious sort of idleness"

Adjective

1
improperly forward or bold wordnet
2
not pertinent to the matter under consideration wordnet
3
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality wordnet

Noun

1
An impertinent individual.
"Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

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