impudent

Definitions


[ˈɪmpjʊd(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not showing due respect for another person; impertinent
(e.g: he could have strangled this impudent upstart)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘immodest, indelicate’): from Latin impudent-, from in- ‘not’ + pudent- ‘ashamed, modest’ (from pudere ‘be ashamed’)




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