About The Word Impertinent
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Impertinent
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What's The Definition Of Impertinent?
[adj] improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"
[adj] not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [adj] characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" Synonyms | Synonyms for Impertinent: extraneous | forward | fresh | immaterial | impudent | irrelevant | irreverent | overbold | pert | sassy | saucy | smart | spirited Related Terms | Find terms related to Impertinent: adrift | arrogant | audacious | beside the mark | beside the point | beside the question | biggety | bluff | bold | brash | brassy | brazen | bumptious | busy | busybody | challenging | cheeky | chutzpadik | cocky | contemptuous | crusty | daring | defiant | defying | derisive | discourteous | disdainful | disregardful | disrespectful | extraneous | extrinsic | facy | flip | flippant | foreign | forward | fresh | gally | gratuitous | greatly daring | immaterial | impolite | impudent | inadmissible | inapplicable | inapposite | inappropriate | incidental | inconsequent | inquisitive | insolent | interfering | intrusive | irrelative | irrelevant | malapert | meddlesome | meddling | nervy | nihil ad rem | nonessential | nosy | not at issue | obtrusive | off the subject | offensive | officious | out-of-the-way | parenthetical | pert | presumptuous | prying | pushing | pushy | regardless of consequences | rude | sassy | saucy | self-appointed | smart | smart-alecky | smart-ass | snoopy | uncalled-for | uncivil | unessential | wise-ass See Also | Impertinent In Webster's Dictionary \Im*per"ti*nent\, a. [F., fr. L. impertinens,
-entis; pref. im- not + pertinens. See {Pertinent}.]
1. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand;
having no bearing on the subject; not to the point;
irrelevant; inapplicable.
Things that are impertinent to us. --Tillotson.
How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
--Jer. Taylor.
2. Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety
or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude,
unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient
coxcomb; an impertient remark.
3. Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
Syn: Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly;
meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent.
Usage: {Impertinent}, {Officious}, {Rude}. A person is
officious who obtrudes his offices or assistance where
they are not needed; he is impertinent when he
intermeddles in things with which he has no concern.
The former shows a want of tact, the latter a want of
breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer
impudence. A person is rude when he violates the
proprieties of social life either from ignorance or
wantonness. ``An impertinent man will ask questions
for the mere grafication of curiosity; a rude man will
burst into the room of another, or push against his
person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is officious
is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when he
strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy.''
--Crabb. See {Impudence}, and {Insolent}.
\Im*per"ti*nent\, n. An impertinent person. [R.] |
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