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Webster 1913 Edition
Impertinency
Im-per′ti-nen-cy
,Noun.
Impertinence.
[R.]
O, matter and
Reason in madness!
impertinency
mixed!Reason in madness!
Shakespeare
Definition 2024
impertinency
impertinency
English
Noun
impertinency (usually uncountable, plural impertinencies)
- Irrelevancy; impertinence; an instance of such.
- Absurdity; inappropriateness; an instance of such.
- Insolence; an instance of such.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.