IMPERTINENCES

Noun

impertinences

plural of impertinence

Anagrams

• interspecimen

Source: Wiktionary


IMPERTINENCE

Im*per"ti*nence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.]

1. The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility. We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. Swift.

3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value. There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. Watts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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