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Impudent

//ˈɪmpjʊdənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.

    "The impudent children would not stop talking in class."

  2. 2
    Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate. obsolete

    "Dian. Good my Lord, Aske him vpon his oath, if hee do’s thinke He had not my virginity. Kin. What ſaift thou to her? Ber. She’s impudent my Lord, And was a common gameſter to the Campe. Dia. He do’s me wrong my Lord: If I were ſo, He might haue bought me at a common price."

Adjective
  1. 1
    improperly forward or bold wordnet
  2. 2
    marked by casual disrespect wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English impudent, originally meaning immodest, shameless, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- + pudere (“to feel shame”).

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