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impertinent

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11 lettersPronunciation /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeiimnnprttStarts with IEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. improperly forward or bold

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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!
  • 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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