All 4 Uses of
impertinent
in
Washington Square
- There is a great deal of impertinence in your saying it.†
Chpt 12 *
- My daughter, whom you have never seen, is nothing to you; and I, possibly, am only an indiscreet and impertinent old man.†
Chpt 14
- "Do you mean that for an impertinence?" he inquired; an inquiry of which, as he made it, he quite perceived the grossness.†
Chpt 18
- An impertinence?†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(impertinent as in: she was impertinent) rude or improperly bold -- especially toward someone more respected