Both Uses of
impertinent
in
Gulliver's Travels
- After about two hours the court retired, and I was left with a strong guard, to prevent the impertinence, and probably the malice of the rabble, who were very impatient to crowd about me as near as they durst; and some of them had the impudence to shoot their arrows at me, as I sat on the ground by the door of my house, whereof one very narrowly missed my left eye.†
Chpt 1
- I was afraid of trampling on every traveller I met, and often called aloud to have them stand out of the way, so that I had like to have gotten one or two broken heads for my impertinence.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(impertinent as in: she was impertinent) rude or improperly bold -- especially toward someone more respected