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impertinent

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/ / /ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt/ / /ɪmˈpɝt.nənt/

adj

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

  1. Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.

    “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”

  2. Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.

    Curious speculations, and the contemplation of things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern us, nor serve to promote our happiness, are but a more specious and ingenious sort of idleness

    How impertinent that grief was which served no end!

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

  1. An impertinent individual.

    Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.