impudentadj.n.

/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/

Forms: Also Middle English in-.

Etymology: < Latin impudēns, impudēnt-em shameless, < im- (im- prefix²) + pudēns ashamed, modest, originally present participle of pudēre to make or feel ashamed. Compare French impudent (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter and Godefroy Compl.: but the latter has the adverb impudemment of 1461).

A. adj.

†1. Wanting in shame or modesty; shameless, unblushing, immodest; indelicate. (In quot. 1628, ‘without the means of decency’.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > immodest

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c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋323 Inpudent is he that for his pride hath no shame of hise synnes.

1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence 90 Canis (sayth Donate) is a worde that menie vse to obiect vnto suche as be impudent shameles felowes.

1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 61 Setting the best and impudentist face of it that I can borrowe.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xix. 2 He that cleaueth to harlots will become impudent .

1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 101 Many for want of things necessary..were forced to become impudent in the funerals of their friends.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 26 Their impudent Curtezans, the most lascivious harlots in the world.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 76 With impudent fore-heads, and with brows rubbed on brass-pots.

1732 J. Gay Achilles iii Then her bosom too is so preposterously impudent!

a. Possessed of unblushing presumption, effrontery, or assurance; shamelessly forward, insolently disrespectful.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1440/2 Thou art as impudent a fellow as I haue commoned withal.

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xix. 544 You are the most impudent advoucher, I think, that ever became a writer.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 123 Sufficient defence against the audaciousnesse of the most impudent.

1709–10 Hearne in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) I. 181 Some persons were so impudent (to speak in the canting phrase) as to huzza him.

1710–11 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 125 Oh faith, you're an impudent saucy couple of sluttekins for presuming to write so soon.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. iv. 187 Thou art an impudent thing to jest at us.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 75 Wickam..is a wicked, impudent, bold-faced hussy.

b. Of conduct, actions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > specifically of behaviour

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1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 125 You cal honorable boldnes impudent sawcinesse.

1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 246 [She] disclosed..[his] impudent attempt against the reverence of his marriage.

1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 134 Our impudent folly puts nature out of countenance.

1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) i. 10 An impudent fabrication of the fourteenth century.

1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 64 This was the impudent reply of the largest boy of the group.

B. n.

A person of unblushing effrontery or insolence.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 428 No beast (as they say) is so shamelesse as an impudent.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 268 For these latter sort of men are rather to be called cruell, barbarous..and the others impudents, shameles, and desparate.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvii. 44 Defrauded of the reward, that an impudent had gotten by abuse of his merit.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 434 Many dissembling impudents intrude themselves in this high calling of God.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	impudent
释义	impudentadj.n. /ˈɪmpjʊdənt/ Forms: Also Middle English in-. Etymology: < Latin impudēns, impudēnt-em shameless, < im- (im- prefix²) + pudēns ashamed, modest, originally present participle of pudēre to make or feel ashamed. Compare French impudent (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter and Godefroy Compl.: but the latter has the adverb impudemment of 1461). A. adj. †1. Wanting in shame or modesty; shameless, unblushing, immodest; indelicate. (In quot. 1628, ‘without the means of decency’.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > immodest impudentc1386 petulant1538 unmodest1565 immodest1590 Jezebelical1625 Jezebelish1645 impudicous1657 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋323 Inpudent is he that for his pride hath no shame of hise synnes. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence 90 Canis (sayth Donate) is a worde that menie vse to obiect vnto suche as be impudent shameles felowes. 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 61 Setting the best and impudentist face of it that I can borrowe. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xix. 2 He that cleaueth to harlots will become impudent . View more context for this quotation 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 101 Many for want of things necessary..were forced to become impudent in the funerals of their friends. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 26 Their impudent Curtezans, the most lascivious harlots in the world. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 76 With impudent fore-heads, and with brows rubbed on brass-pots. 1732 J. Gay Achilles iii Then her bosom too is so preposterously impudent! 2. a. Possessed of unblushing presumption, effrontery, or assurance; shamelessly forward, insolently disrespectful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] thristec897 bolda1000 keen1297 apert1330 smartc1400 malaperta1425 overbolda1425 affronted1485 saucy1511 impertinata1525 over-familiar1529 pert1535 cocket1537 cockapert1556 contumelious1561 impudent1563 brass-bold1582 pertlike1582 paughtya1586 audacious1586 copped1597 effronted1598 petulant1598 dortya1605 rufty-tufty1606 facy1607 snappish1608 bold-faceda1616 over-pert1621 impertinent1631 procacious1660 insolent1678 calleting1691 effrontuousa1734 imperent1771 free1775 sassy1799 pawky1809 iron-sideda1825 gilpie1835 cheeky1838 fresh1843 snouty1858 nebby1873 gay1889 nebsy1894 nervy1896 brass neck1925 facety1928 facey1929 brass-necked1935 chutzpadik1959 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1440/2 Thou art as impudent a fellow as I haue commoned withal. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xix. 544 You are the most impudent advoucher, I think, that ever became a writer. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 123 Sufficient defence against the audaciousnesse of the most impudent. 1709–10 Hearne in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) I. 181 Some persons were so impudent (to speak in the canting phrase) as to huzza him. 1710–11 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 125 Oh faith, you're an impudent saucy couple of sluttekins for presuming to write so soon. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. iv. 187 Thou art an impudent thing to jest at us. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 75 Wickam..is a wicked, impudent, bold-faced hussy. b. Of conduct, actions, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > specifically of behaviour impudent1600 impertinent1618 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 125 You cal honorable boldnes impudent sawcinesse. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 246 [She] disclosed..[his] impudent attempt against the reverence of his marriage. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 134 Our impudent folly puts nature out of countenance. 1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) i. 10 An impudent fabrication of the fourteenth century. 1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 64 This was the impudent reply of the largest boy of the group. B. n. A person of unblushing effrontery or insolence. 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 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 428 No beast (as they say) is so shamelesse as an impudent. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 268 For these latter sort of men are rather to be called cruell, barbarous..and the others impudents, shameles, and desparate. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvii. 44 Defrauded of the reward, that an impudent had gotten by abuse of his merit. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 434 Many dissembling impudents intrude themselves in this high calling of God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.c1386
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