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Webster 1913 Edition
Impertinence
1.
The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
2.
Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
We should avoid the vexation and
impertinence
of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. Swift.
3.
That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.
There are many subtile
impertinences
learned in schools. Watts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Impertinence
IMPER'TINENCE
Definition 2024
impertinence
impertinence
English
Noun
impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)
- (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
- (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
- (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
- insolence.
Translations
Lack of pertinence; irrelevance
An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent
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The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness
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