IMPUDENCY

Etymology

Noun

impudency (plural impudencies)

(now rare) Impudence.

There is nothing I hate more than driving of bargaines: It is a meere commerce of dodging and impudencie.

Source: Wiktionary


Im"pu*den*cy, n.

Definition: Impudence. [Obs.] Burton. Audacious without impudency. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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