impertinencen.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəːtᵻnəns/,

/ɪmˈpəːtn̩əns/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpərtn̩əns/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French impertinence.

Etymology: < Middle French, French impertinence irrelevance (early 15th cent.), something which is out of place (1555) < impertinent impertinent adj. + -ence -ence suffix. Compare earlier impertinency n.Compare Spanish impertinencia (early 16th cent.), Portuguese impertinência (early 17th cent.), Italian impertinenza (mid 16th cent.), all earliest in sense ‘irrelevance’. Compare also post-classical Latin impertinentia irrelevance (14th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources). Specific senses. In sense 3b originally after Spanish impertinencia (1605 in the passage translated in quot. 1612); compare also Italian impertinenza (late 16th cent. in this sense). This sense is apparently not paralleled in French until later (1660).

a. The fact or quality of not relating to the matter in hand; lack of pertinence; irrelevance.Quot. 1582 forms part of a list of words given without context or definition, and may show a different sense.

ΚΠ

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie 196/3 Impertinence.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 217 For it is so farre remov'd from thence..Wee'l balke the same for its impertinence.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 38 Of like impertinence is that example of Jacob, Gen. 28. 22., who of his free choice..vowd the tenth of all that God should give him.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vii. 86 The Impertinence of this account would hardly have given it a place here.

1768 Scots Mag. Dec. 650/2 He has recourse to the margin, a very convenient apartment for all manner of pedantry and impertinence.

1867 Littell's Living Age 16 Nov. 400/2 This dancing image is constantly irritating him into affected eloquence, false digressions, meaningless impertinence, and eager indecency.

1888 Luzerne Legal Reg. Rep. 4 353 Each exception for impertinence must be supported in toto or fail altogether.

1915 R. T. Whitehouse Equity Pract. I. v. 199 The best test of impertinence is to try whether the allegations could be put in issue and given in evidence between the parties.

1996 World Lit. Today 70 362/2 Here is an affirmation, via the meditation of relationship, of what threatened perhaps to dissolve into impertinence or irrelevance.

b. A fact, circumstance, remark, etc., which does not relate to the matter in hand; an irrelevance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy > something irrelevant

stravagant1565

impertinent1566

impertinacy1584

impertinence1588

impertinency1618

parergy1646

inconsequence1842

1588 W. Travers Def. Eccl. Discipline 48 Thus we haue nothing in this Section, but impertinences & ouersightes, which are too many and to grosse.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (rev. ed.) 24 Some..whose thoughts doe ende with themselves, and doe account future times impertinences.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 1 Let us spend no time on such Impertinences, but speak that to the Matter.

1705 D. Defoe Apparition Mrs. Veal in Wks. (1840) V. 342 By her going off from her discourse abruptly to some impertinence.

1789 Eng. Rev. July 19 Digression growing licentious from the exercise of its own liberty;..rising gradually from a lesser folly to a greater, adding impertinence to impertinence.

1837 Amer. Monthly Mag. July 79 There are no impertinences, no outrages on common sense.

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 131 To get a pack of impertinences on its shoulders.

1915 W. M. McKinney & B. A. Rich Ruling Case Law IX. 186 Where the plaintiff has been put to the expense and trouble of extracting a sufficient answer from the defendant, or of pruning away its impertinences, he should have the costs of the exceptions.

1948 Kenyon Rev. 10 175 It does nothing to preserve the rhetorical grandeur of Shakespeare's play, to which the battle scenes..are merely impertinences.

2007 Jrnl. Relig. 87 505 It invites consideration of what about the term Smith found pertinent to his experience, notwithstanding its obvious impertinences.

†2.

a. That which is inappropriate, incongruous, or irrational; an absurdity; a triviality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of

unwitc1175

foliota1250

follyc1300

unwisdom1303

foolishness?1506

fooling?1545

foppery1546

foolery1562

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impertinency1588

impertinence1603

silliness1624

idiotism1647

noddary1647

fondness1653

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sottise1673

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jackassery1873

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of

impertinency1588

impertinence1603

solecism1603

incongruitya1626

unfitness1645

misfit1823

malapropos1854

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 54 Forced and foolish figures..and such like impertinences [Fr. impertinences] or defects.

1645 J. Evelyn Mem. 27 Feb. We were taken up next morning in seeing the impertinences of the Carnival, when all the world are as mad at Rome as at other places.

1704 Weekly Rev. Affairs France 26 Feb. 9 I therefore purposely omit it here, being resolv'd to avoid the Tautologies and Impertinences I reprove in other People.

1734 M. Delany Let. 7 June in Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 475 I was not able to find one moment to write to my dearest sister, but from seven in the morning till eleven at night, I met with impertinences!

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness xvii. 158 Any secular pursuit becomes an impertinence as regards the great end of our being.

b. The fact or quality of being inappropriate, incongruous, or irrational; action or behaviour of this nature; inappropriateness, incongruity; absurdity; triviality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy

impertinency1569

irrelevancy1592

impertinence1616

inapplicability1673

inconsequentness1727

inapplicationa1806

inconsequence1842

irrelevance1842

far-fetchednessa1849

inconsequentiality1850

inappositeness1893

inconsequentialism1893

inconsequentialness1931

non-status1964

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun]

wantonnessc1405

absurdity1529

monstruousness1545

impertinency1573

ridiculousness1573

monstrousness1574

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absurdness1582

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fancy1598

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monstruosity1604

absurdum1606

foppishness1611

impertinence1616

nonsense1630

impertinentness1645

irrationality1647

monstrosity1651

nonsensicality1652

ridicule1668

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nonsensicalness1674

maggotry1706

preposterousness1727

zanyship1766

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drollness1823

stultification1832

nonsensity1834

farcicality1849

cockeyedness1858

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]

inconvenience1413

uncompetence?1541

unaptness1548

improperty1555

unaptness1557

unproperness1561

impertinency1573

unmeetness1574

disagreement1580

unfitnessa1586

unsuitablenessa1586

incongruity1597

inconvenientness1600

improperness1612

indispositiona1613

insuitability1612

ineptitude1615

impertinence1616

inconcinnity1616

infelicity1617

unbeseemingness1623

ineptness1633

impertinentness1645

incompatibility1659

incompetibilitya1660

disaccommodationa1676

indecorousness1681

indisposednessa1684

inaptitudea1688

impropriety1697

wrongness1726

ineligibility1795

inaptness1814

unsuitability1814

unappropriateness1838

unadaptedness1846

inappropriateness1847

unfittingness1861

unbefittingness1865

ineligibleness1881

1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops viii. 81 The absurditie, and childishnesse of his argument is shewed before vpon another occasion. The reader that by himselfe seeth not the impertinence thereof may looke backe to that place.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke 28 To have done otherwise would have been the greatest Impert [in] ence and Folly.

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 141 A Petition, fraught with Nonsense and Incoherence, Confusion and Impertinence.

1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 319 The hurry and impertinence of receiving and paying Visits on account of your Marriage, being now over.

1769 ‘Junius’ in Middlesex Jrnl. 16 Dec. Unacquainted with the vain impertinence of forms, he would deliver his sentiments with dignity and firmness.

1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Jan. 21/1 The impressions of infancy had burnt into him, and he resented the impertinence of manhood.

a. Chiefly with capital initial. A presumptuous, insolent, or disrespectful person. Now archaic.Often as a form of address (sometimes with prefixed title).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person

bolda1400

capron hardya1477

malaperta1529

jackanapes1534

past-shame1553

saucea1556

saucy-face1566

outfacer1579

impudent1586

Jack sauce?1590

brazen-face1602

impertinence1611

impertinent1612

insolency1613

insolenta1616

brass-face1647

flapsea1652

impudence1671

bold-face1692

ironface1697

Corinthian1699

scandal-proof1699

saucy-box1702

busker1728

insolence1740

effronterist1776

pert1785

nash-gab1816

card1853

pawk1855

sass-box1856

a one1880

cockapert1881

1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. D^v Any way, so thou wilt doe it, good Impertinence.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. 49 Prithee leave impertinence. I receiv'd a Note just now.

1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxiii. 139 That little self-sufficient Impertinence her Father.

1889 R. Kipling Indian Tales (1890) 728 What do you know of my character, Impertinence?

1934 ‘P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins ix. 140 ‘Here, you impertinence!’ said Mary Poppins crossly, making a dart at him.

1999 P. Veryan Riddle Reluctant Rake 184 Be off with you, Mister Impertinence... You cannot cut in on the waltz!

b. Presumptuous speech or behaviour; insolence, esp. to a superior; rudeness, lack of respect. Also: intrusion into or interference in that which is not one's concern, or which lies beyond one's competence. Now the usual sense. N.E.D. (1899) describes this as ‘the chief current sense in colloq. use’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]

hardiessec1300

boldness1377

malapertness?a1439

over-boldnessc1450

insolencya1513

protervitya1527

impudency1529

sauce malapert1529

petulancy1537

procacitya1538

audacity1545

sauceliness1552

forehead1564

hardihead1579

hardihood1594

outfacing1598

audaciousness1599

impudentness1599

petulancea1600

impertinency1609

impertinence1612

impudencea1616

procacya1620

affrontedness1640

brow1642

front1653

insolence1668

affrontery1679

assurance1699

effrontery1715

affrontiveness1721

swagger1725

imperence1765

cheek1823

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cheekiness1838

pawk1855

gall1882

chutzpah1886

face1890

mouth1891

crust1900

rind1901

smarting1902

hide1916

brass neck1937

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. vii. 384 As much as I am perswaded that no man can perseuere long time in the amorous contention, who hath not beene sustayned by some hope, I will attribute the fault of thine impertinence to my selfe.

1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 237 To banish Pride and Pedantry, and silence the Impudence and Impertinence of Young Authors.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 410. ⁋1 Subjected to all the Impertinence she must meet with in that publick Place.

1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 80 Masters and mistresses sometimes provoke impertinence from their servants.

1810 Sporting Mag. 36 3 Impertinence is manifested by wilfully leaping over the boundaries of good manners.

1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 217 Being no archæologist, it would be impertinence were I to attempt a description.

1914 Rotarian Oct. 61 He could not take offence because the actions of the boys were without the least suggestion of impertinence.

1959 New Scientist 20 Aug. 234/2 Dodds replied nervously that he regretted his impertinence, but that his ignorance could be remedied.

2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Oct. 20 Furious at the impertinence of this questioning, he walked out.

c. A presumptuous, insolent, or disrespectful act or remark.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > instance or piece of

insolencea1492

insolency1591

impertinency1620

impertinence1622

impudency1624

chutzpah1853

brazenry1868

impudence1885

1622 T. Scott Newes from Pernassus i. 14 They will not be honored as men, but adored as gods: an impertinence, that hath made the Spanish Dominion distastfull.

1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 45 I only bid him be gone, and trouble me no more with his Impertinences.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 208 We resent wholesome counsel as an impertinence.

1877 W. Sparrow Serm. xxi. 274 Social impertinences, involving more or less of disrespect.

1909 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 387 It would be an impertinence on my part were I to wander into the problem of evolution as understood by students of natural science.

1968 Life 24 May 8/2 His book defies synopsizing, as though to make a grocery list of its ingredients were almost an impertinence.

2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Culture section) 38 Eye-opening revelations are in scant supply but jaw-dropping impertinences come thick and fast.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impertinence
释义	impertinencen. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːtᵻnəns/, /ɪmˈpəːtn̩əns/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərtn̩əns/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French impertinence. Etymology: < Middle French, French impertinence irrelevance (early 15th cent.), something which is out of place (1555) < impertinent impertinent adj. + -ence -ence suffix. Compare earlier impertinency n.Compare Spanish impertinencia (early 16th cent.), Portuguese impertinência (early 17th cent.), Italian impertinenza (mid 16th cent.), all earliest in sense ‘irrelevance’. Compare also post-classical Latin impertinentia irrelevance (14th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources). Specific senses. In sense 3b originally after Spanish impertinencia (1605 in the passage translated in quot. 1612); compare also Italian impertinenza (late 16th cent. in this sense). This sense is apparently not paralleled in French until later (1660). 1. a. The fact or quality of not relating to the matter in hand; lack of pertinence; irrelevance.Quot. 1582 forms part of a list of words given without context or definition, and may show a different sense. ΚΠ 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie 196/3 Impertinence. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 217 For it is so farre remov'd from thence..Wee'l balke the same for its impertinence. 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 38 Of like impertinence is that example of Jacob, Gen. 28. 22., who of his free choice..vowd the tenth of all that God should give him. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. vii. 86 The Impertinence of this account would hardly have given it a place here. 1768 Scots Mag. Dec. 650/2 He has recourse to the margin, a very convenient apartment for all manner of pedantry and impertinence. 1867 Littell's Living Age 16 Nov. 400/2 This dancing image is constantly irritating him into affected eloquence, false digressions, meaningless impertinence, and eager indecency. 1888 Luzerne Legal Reg. Rep. 4 353 Each exception for impertinence must be supported in toto or fail altogether. 1915 R. T. Whitehouse Equity Pract. I. v. 199 The best test of impertinence is to try whether the allegations could be put in issue and given in evidence between the parties. 1996 World Lit. Today 70 362/2 Here is an affirmation, via the meditation of relationship, of what threatened perhaps to dissolve into impertinence or irrelevance. b. A fact, circumstance, remark, etc., which does not relate to the matter in hand; an irrelevance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy > something irrelevant stravagant1565 impertinent1566 impertinacy1584 impertinence1588 impertinency1618 parergy1646 inconsequence1842 1588 W. Travers Def. Eccl. Discipline 48 Thus we haue nothing in this Section, but impertinences & ouersightes, which are too many and to grosse. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (rev. ed.) 24 Some..whose thoughts doe ende with themselves, and doe account future times impertinences. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 1 Let us spend no time on such Impertinences, but speak that to the Matter. 1705 D. Defoe Apparition Mrs. Veal in Wks. (1840) V. 342 By her going off from her discourse abruptly to some impertinence. 1789 Eng. Rev. July 19 Digression growing licentious from the exercise of its own liberty;..rising gradually from a lesser folly to a greater, adding impertinence to impertinence. 1837 Amer. Monthly Mag. July 79 There are no impertinences, no outrages on common sense. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 131 To get a pack of impertinences on its shoulders. 1915 W. M. McKinney & B. A. Rich Ruling Case Law IX. 186 Where the plaintiff has been put to the expense and trouble of extracting a sufficient answer from the defendant, or of pruning away its impertinences, he should have the costs of the exceptions. 1948 Kenyon Rev. 10 175 It does nothing to preserve the rhetorical grandeur of Shakespeare's play, to which the battle scenes..are merely impertinences. 2007 Jrnl. Relig. 87 505 It invites consideration of what about the term Smith found pertinent to his experience, notwithstanding its obvious impertinences. †2. a. That which is inappropriate, incongruous, or irrational; an absurdity; a triviality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of unwitc1175 foliota1250 follyc1300 unwisdom1303 foolishness?1506 fooling?1545 foppery1546 foolery1562 filly-folly1565 impertinency1588 impertinence1603 silliness1624 idiotism1647 noddary1647 fondness1653 ineptitude1656 sottise1673 insipidity1822 bêtise1827 foolishment1871 jackassery1873 funny business1882 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > instance of impertinency1588 impertinence1603 solecism1603 incongruitya1626 unfitness1645 misfit1823 malapropos1854 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 54 Forced and foolish figures..and such like impertinences [Fr. impertinences] or defects. 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. 27 Feb. We were taken up next morning in seeing the impertinences of the Carnival, when all the world are as mad at Rome as at other places. 1704 Weekly Rev. Affairs France 26 Feb. 9 I therefore purposely omit it here, being resolv'd to avoid the Tautologies and Impertinences I reprove in other People. 1734 M. Delany Let. 7 June in Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 475 I was not able to find one moment to write to my dearest sister, but from seven in the morning till eleven at night, I met with impertinences! 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness xvii. 158 Any secular pursuit becomes an impertinence as regards the great end of our being. b. The fact or quality of being inappropriate, incongruous, or irrational; action or behaviour of this nature; inappropriateness, incongruity; absurdity; triviality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [noun] > irrelevancy impertinency1569 irrelevancy1592 impertinence1616 inapplicability1673 inconsequentness1727 inapplicationa1806 inconsequence1842 irrelevance1842 far-fetchednessa1849 inconsequentiality1850 inappositeness1893 inconsequentialism1893 inconsequentialness1931 non-status1964 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] wantonnessc1405 absurdity1529 monstruousness1545 impertinency1573 ridiculousness1573 monstrousness1574 absurd1581 absurdness1582 incongruity1597 fancy1598 delirium1599 monstruosity1604 absurdum1606 foppishness1611 impertinence1616 nonsense1630 impertinentness1645 irrationality1647 monstrosity1651 nonsensicality1652 ridicule1668 ridicule1672 nonsensicalness1674 maggotry1706 preposterousness1727 zanyship1766 ridiculosity1773 drollness1823 stultification1832 nonsensity1834 farcicality1849 cockeyedness1858 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] inconvenience1413 uncompetence?1541 unaptness1548 improperty1555 unaptness1557 unproperness1561 impertinency1573 unmeetness1574 disagreement1580 unfitnessa1586 unsuitablenessa1586 incongruity1597 inconvenientness1600 improperness1612 indispositiona1613 insuitability1612 ineptitude1615 impertinence1616 inconcinnity1616 infelicity1617 unbeseemingness1623 ineptness1633 impertinentness1645 incompatibility1659 incompetibilitya1660 disaccommodationa1676 indecorousness1681 indisposednessa1684 inaptitudea1688 impropriety1697 wrongness1726 ineligibility1795 inaptness1814 unsuitability1814 unappropriateness1838 unadaptedness1846 inappropriateness1847 unfittingness1861 unbefittingness1865 ineligibleness1881 1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops viii. 81 The absurditie, and childishnesse of his argument is shewed before vpon another occasion. The reader that by himselfe seeth not the impertinence thereof may looke backe to that place. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke 28 To have done otherwise would have been the greatest Impert [in] ence and Folly. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 141 A Petition, fraught with Nonsense and Incoherence, Confusion and Impertinence. 1727 J. Swift Let. to very Young Lady in Misc. II. 319 The hurry and impertinence of receiving and paying Visits on account of your Marriage, being now over. 1769 ‘Junius’ in Middlesex Jrnl. 16 Dec. Unacquainted with the vain impertinence of forms, he would deliver his sentiments with dignity and firmness. 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Jan. 21/1 The impressions of infancy had burnt into him, and he resented the impertinence of manhood. 3. a. Chiefly with capital initial. A presumptuous, insolent, or disrespectful person. Now archaic.Often as a form of address (sometimes with prefixed title). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person bolda1400 capron hardya1477 malaperta1529 jackanapes1534 past-shame1553 saucea1556 saucy-face1566 outfacer1579 impudent1586 Jack sauce?1590 brazen-face1602 impertinence1611 impertinent1612 insolency1613 insolenta1616 brass-face1647 flapsea1652 impudence1671 bold-face1692 ironface1697 Corinthian1699 scandal-proof1699 saucy-box1702 busker1728 insolence1740 effronterist1776 pert1785 nash-gab1816 card1853 pawk1855 sass-box1856 a one1880 cockapert1881 1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. D^v Any way, so thou wilt doe it, good Impertinence. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. 49 Prithee leave impertinence. I receiv'd a Note just now. 1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxiii. 139 That little self-sufficient Impertinence her Father. 1889 R. Kipling Indian Tales (1890) 728 What do you know of my character, Impertinence? 1934 ‘P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins ix. 140 ‘Here, you impertinence!’ said Mary Poppins crossly, making a dart at him. 1999 P. Veryan Riddle Reluctant Rake 184 Be off with you, Mister Impertinence... You cannot cut in on the waltz! b. Presumptuous speech or behaviour; insolence, esp. to a superior; rudeness, lack of respect. Also: intrusion into or interference in that which is not one's concern, or which lies beyond one's competence. Now the usual sense. N.E.D. (1899) describes this as ‘the chief current sense in colloq. use’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. vii. 384 As much as I am perswaded that no man can perseuere long time in the amorous contention, who hath not beene sustayned by some hope, I will attribute the fault of thine impertinence to my selfe. 1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 237 To banish Pride and Pedantry, and silence the Impudence and Impertinence of Young Authors. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 410. ⁋1 Subjected to all the Impertinence she must meet with in that publick Place. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 80 Masters and mistresses sometimes provoke impertinence from their servants. 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 3 Impertinence is manifested by wilfully leaping over the boundaries of good manners. 1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 217 Being no archæologist, it would be impertinence were I to attempt a description. 1914 Rotarian Oct. 61 He could not take offence because the actions of the boys were without the least suggestion of impertinence. 1959 New Scientist 20 Aug. 234/2 Dodds replied nervously that he regretted his impertinence, but that his ignorance could be remedied. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Oct. 20 Furious at the impertinence of this questioning, he walked out. c. A presumptuous, insolent, or disrespectful act or remark. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > instance or piece of insolencea1492 insolency1591 impertinency1620 impertinence1622 impudency1624 chutzpah1853 brazenry1868 impudence1885 1622 T. Scott Newes from Pernassus i. 14 They will not be honored as men, but adored as gods: an impertinence, that hath made the Spanish Dominion distastfull. 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 45 I only bid him be gone, and trouble me no more with his Impertinences. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 208 We resent wholesome counsel as an impertinence. 1877 W. Sparrow Serm. xxi. 274 Social impertinences, involving more or less of disrespect. 1909 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 387 It would be an impertinence on my part were I to wander into the problem of evolution as understood by students of natural science. 1968 Life 24 May 8/2 His book defies synopsizing, as though to make a grocery list of its ingredients were almost an impertinence. 2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Culture section) 38 Eye-opening revelations are in scant supply but jaw-dropping impertinences come thick and fast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). impertinencev. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːtᵻnəns/, /ɪmˈpəːtn̩əns/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərtn̩əns/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: impertinence n. Etymology: < impertinence n. rare (archaic in later use). transitive. To be insolent or disrespectful to (a person); to treat with impertinence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] insolence1649 to make free with1688 impertinence1756 1756 H. Walpole Let. 29 Aug. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 201 I do not wonder that you are impertinenced by Richcourt; there is nothing so catching as the insolence of a great proud woman by a little upstart Minister. 1898 Sunday Mag. Nov. 723/1 What mockado is this? Shall I be impertinenced by you! 2014 J. Fforde Eye of Zoltar vi. 42 ‘I have been impertinenced!’ she said. ‘I insist that this orphan be executed!’ ‘I'm not sure “impertinenced” is a word,’ I said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582v.1756
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