impertinence

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And, perhaps, though the impertinence was almost unendurable, the idea conveyed was not altogether so grievous; it had certainly never hitherto occurred to her that she might become a second Mrs Stumfold; but, after all, why not?

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being impertinent, especially:
  2. noun Insolence.
  3. noun Irrelevance.

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  • And, perhaps, though the impertinence was almost unendurable, the idea conveyed was not altogether so grievous; it had certainly never hitherto occurred to her that she might become a second Mrs Stumfold; but, after all, why not? —  Miss Mackenzie
  • Delightful impertinence, that is forward to oblige them Sidenote: THE LORD OF THE TIDES Brighton's decline as a fashionable resort came with the railway. —  Highways ; Byways in Sussex
  • So for sixty long years I have had to face Mary Darragh and submit to her impertinence, and I tell you I am sick of it! —  The Statesmen Snowbound
  • It's a perfect--impertinence in me, to ask, I know, but It is a fair question," I hastened to assure her; "one that any one might ask. —  Branded
  • He checked the impertinence, and silenced the vanity of captious cavillers 17. —  Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story
 

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  1. = French impertinence = Spanish Portuguese impertinencia = Italian imper-tinenza, from Middle Latin impertincntia, from Latin impertinen(t-)s, inpertinen(t-)s, not belonging: see impertinent.
  2. from impertinence, n.
 

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