impertinence

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
23
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/ (UK)
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/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/ (UK) · /ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns/ (US) · /ɪmˈpɝt.nəns/ (US)

Definition of impertinence

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
  2. (countable)An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
    “"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.”
  3. (uncountable)The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
  4. (countable, uncountable)Insolence; impudence.
    “"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."”
    “The musical has always had a lightness of touch, an impertinence that resembles gay humor.”

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Etymology

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

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