Both Uses
impudent
in
Wuthering Heights
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- My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark: he silently applied the tube to his lips, folded his arms, and puffed away.†
p. 20.6
- There was another rapid glance at the house, and supposing himself unseen, the scoundrel had the impudence to embrace her.†
p. 80.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)