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impertinent

adj
/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/UK/ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from impertinēns
  2. derived from impertinent
  3. derived from impertinent
  4. inherited from impertinent

Definitions

  1. Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful

    Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.

  2. Not pertaining or related to (something or someone)

    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!

  3. An impertinent individual.

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

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Derived

impertinently, impertinentness, unimpertinent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA