Both Uses of
impudent
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- It is not a confident brow, nor the throng of words that come with such more than impudent sauciness from you, can thrust me from a level consideration: you have, as it appears to me, practised upon the easy-yielding spirit of this woman, and made her serve your uses both in purse and in person.†
Scene 2.1
- You call honourable boldness impudent sauciness:
Scene 2.1 *impudent = disrespectful boldness
Definition:
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(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status