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impudent

adj
/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/UK/ˈɪmpjədn̩t/US

Etymology

From Middle English impudent, originally meaning immodest, shameless, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- + pudere (“to feel shame”).

  1. derived from impudēns
  2. inherited from impudent

Definitions

  1. Not showing due respect

    Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.

    • The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
    • “Wickam,” retorted Mrs. Pipchin, coloring, “is a wicked, impudent, bold-faced hussy.”

  2. Lacking modesty or shame

    Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate.

    • So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him, I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes. Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
    • Wine and women will make men of vnderstanding to fall away, and he that cleaueth to harlots will become impudent.

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Derived

impudently, impudentness

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