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Webster 1913 Edition


Impertinence

Im-per′ti-nence

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
impertinence
. See
Impertinent
.]
1.
The condition or quality of being impertinent; 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Impertinence

IMPER'TINENCE