Both Uses of
impudent
in
Catch-22
- Yossarian choked on his toast and eggs at the enormity of his error in tearing her long, lithe, nude, young vibrant limbs into any pieces of paper so impudently and dumping her down so smugly into the gutter from the curb.†
Chpt 16 *
- General Peckem drifted toward the window, laughing quietly again, and settled back against the sill with his arms folded, greatly satisfied by his own wit and by his knowledgeable, blase impudence.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status